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“The collection of coins has not only become an infatuating
and engrossing pursuit among thousands of persons of all
ages and either sex, but out of it has grown up an extensive
trade, furnishing the means of livelihood to numerous
individuals in all our large cities. Prices have risen a
hundred fold, in some cases almost incalculably;
unreasonably; and speculation has been rife . . .
(from The American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. l,No. l,May, 1866.)
OUR TERMS OF SALE
1. All coins are guaranteed genuine. I will replace or
issue a refund for any coin found not to be genuine. This is
a lifetime guarantee.
2. All attributions are guaranteed coiTect. Also a lifetime
guarantee. I will issue a refund or if available provide a
replacement for any coin found to be mis-attributed.
3. A fourteen day return privilege is allowed on all
purchases. Returns may be made for any reason, or for no
reason. My business depends on attracting repeat
customers. It does neither one of us any good for you to
keep a coin with which you are not completely satisfied. I
am confident that the overall quality and value of the
material I offer here is second to none. This does not mean
that you might not order a coin that fails to satisfy your
personal taste or desire. It is even possible for me to have
missed a defect or to have been optimistic about the grade.
It can happen. But it is not my intention.
4. Approval service is also available to established
clients. Seven days inspection is allowed on approval
service at which time the coin must be returned or funds
remitted. Approval sales are considered final after the seven
days. Extensions are available upon request. We also accept
VISA or MASTERCARD with a 2% charge back.
5. All orders are sent postpaid.
6. Strict ANA and EAC guidelines are followed in
grading.
In addition to strict ANA and EAC guidelines I have
introduced “value” or “net” grading into my descriptions.
Sharpness or technical grade according to ANA standards
is fairly easy to describe with consistency. However most
old copper coins have acquired defects over time that
detract from the overall desirability of the coin. I describe
these defects and deduct from the technical grade based
on their presence. As an example a coin might be described:
“1805 S-267 VE2(). Sharpness of VF3() with smooth brown
surfaces, .some light pin scratches where corrosion was
removed at K1 reverse.” Here is a coin VE3() by ANA
standards but with scratches at one o’clock on the reverse.
Plainly the coin would be more desirable were the scratches
not present. I describe the defects and deduct ten points
from the overall grade. The first grade listed represents the
net or value grade. Clearly this is an art and elements ot
subjectivity are inevitable. Where there is no second grade
listed it is my opinion that the net grade is the same as the
sharpness grade. Perhaps not perfection but whatever marks
present have been judged to be consistent with the technical
grade of the coin and do not detract from the net grade.
The intent is for you to have as close an idea as possible of
the overall condition of the coin you may wi.sh to purchase.
7. I attempt to give a rarity rating for each variety listed.
These in large part reflect the current EAC ratings as
compiled in Jack Robinson’s Copper Quotes. I also offer
opinions relative to condition census ratings, die state, and
condition rarity. These change constantly as new coins are
discovered and reported. I attempt to use the latest data or
information available. Still these ratings cannot be 100%
accurate and remain a matter of opinion only. Having said
this I can also say with confidence that more information
and more research is available on Early Copper than any
other area of American Numismatics. Large cents have been
actively collected and researched for more than one
hundred years. One can therefore have a high degree of
confidence in the general accuracy of current information.
I urge all my clients to form the numismatic library
necessary to allow them to make informed judgements and
purchasing decisions. It is foolish to invest money in coins
if you have not already invested in the books and other
sources necessary to the full enjoyment ot them.
8. Serious collectors, who have formed a discriminating
collection over a period of years. Often realize a substantial
profit when their collection is ultimately sold. However,
coin collecting should not be confused with “investment .
Most collectors find that the enjoyment, education, and
friendships formed as a result of their collecting pursuits
have been their greatest reward. It is much easier to lose
money quickly than to make money quickly in rare coins.
If you are not willing to undertake the educational process
necessary to make well informed decisions regarding your
collection you will almost certainly lose. Coin investment
gurus are often more than willing to give advice. Think
about it. If you ask a cat which canary to buy remember
his primary concern may not be how well it sings. There
are many opportunities to do well financially in rare coins.
But as with any other medium ot investment, success is
the result of a combination of knowledge, good timing and
the ability to wait for the right time to sell. Commit yoursell
to the process of becoming an educated collector and \ ou
stand a good chance of success.
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INTRODUCTION
I his is iny Holiday catalog for 2002. You may deduct 10% from any item not already marked net. This includes
coins, hooks, all items. It’s been a great year. I want to thank all my friends and clients. You are by far the most
enjoyable part of my Job.
There are many great coins listed from Colonials to Half Cents and Large Cents across all price ranges. I hope
you will tind something of interest that will enhance your collection. The discount applies to the cents by date
section also. But please include second choices as some dates and grades are sold out.
We have Just finished our eighth successful Colonial Coin Collector's Club Convention Sale. This year's sale
featured the Jesse Patrick Collection of Connecticut Coppers. We were very plesed with the results. (Jess was
too!). Prices realized are listed towards the back of this catalog.
Future events scheduled include the February Superior Sale which includeds a fabulous old time date and type
set that Just recently was discovered in Milwaukee.The Early American Coppers Club sale is scheduled for April.
In June we will have the C. Douglas Smith Sale of 1798 cents plus the Doc Lee collection. Looks like another busy
year of auctions. We are presently soliciting consignments for all these great sales.
I will be attending the FUN Convention in Orlando, Florida January 6th- 12th, the Americana Sale and Stack's
Sale of the R. Schonwalter Half Cent Collection January 2 1 st. Also, the Houston Money Show in Houston, Texas
and the Long Beach Convention, Feb 23-March 2.
This IS an expanded Holiday catalog. Prices are good through February. Remember to take 10% off the listed
price. Prices realized for the C-4 catalog are to be found in the back. And for those of you who enjoyed the "Jay's
Penny" story in last year's catalog, there is a second "installment".
As many of you know my wife, Alice, and I expanded our family by three this year with the adoption of Colton
(4), Jessica (6), and Jeffrey (8). I enclose a photo Christmas greeting of the family (our older sons Glenn ( 1 7) and
Frank (21 ) included and wish all of you the best of Holiday season.
From time to time I get the opportunity to thank some of you personally for the support and friendship you
have shown me over twenty some years in this great business and hobby. I do want to thank all of you my clients
and friends and wish you the very best this coming year. Take some time to develop new ways to enjoy your hobby.
There are great books to read (or be written). Re-read Penny Whimsey or back issues of Pennywise. Re-contact an
old numismatic friend. Or even better come to this year's EAC convention in Cincinnatti and meet some new ones.
We are lucky to have found a great hobby inhabited by great and interesting people. Are there eccentrics
among us? Those who know me would have to respond, "At least one!" Many of you reading this will have met
and gotten to know Dave Bowers, or Jack Robinson, Tett or Robbie Brown, or Ted Naftzger. Guess what? There
are others like them! Lanny Reinhardt, Mike Hartshorne, Roxanne Himmelstein, Tony Carlotto. Have you met
them yet. From rock stars to accountants we have every variation on the human spectrum represented in our
fraternity. I want to wish all of you every Joy of this Christmas holiday season and have a wonderful 2003 as well.
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COLONIALS
MINT RED 1773 VIRGINIA HALFPENNY
1773 VIRGINIA HALFPENNY- MS63 116.3gns. $800.00
PERIOD AETER GEORGIUS Mostly red, the obverse is perhaps 60%,
the reverse about 80%. Glossy problem free surfaces, some tiny areas
of naturally darker toning, on the obverse at the rim at 4:00 and 9:00.
this coin has a lot of flash.
1785 CONNECTICUT M.6.3-G.1 MBR R3 VGIO $125.00
135.3 gns. Choice for its grade. This coin is struck well centered on an
evenly toned darker brown planchet. A large die break begins at edge to
right of E of INDE and heads toward the front base of that letter.
1786 CONNECTICUT M.5.4-0.1 MBL R2 F12 $110.00
133.3 gns. Light olive and walnut surfaces, some minor scattered
porosity but with a smooth look.
1787 CONNECTICUT M.19-g.4 DBL R3 FI 5 $135.00
159.1 gns. The obverse here is the stronger side. Dark golden brown
with lighter high lights. Surfaces are moderately granular, but evenly
so. Relatively free of marks, certainly nice enough for the grade.
1787 CONNECTICUT M.30-hh.l DBL R2 VE20 $225.00
138.6 gns. An ET LIR Type. A choice coin that would be near perfect
were it not for two small digs on the obverse, one in the right field, the
other in the left. Light brown and otherwise mark free glossy surfaces.
1787 CONNECTICUT M.33.16-Z. 15 DBL R4 VE25 $350.00
131.6 gns. Strong detail and good golden brown color. Reflective but
with light to moderate porosity on each side. A tew pin scratches in the
obverse field along with three diagonal lamination flaws, none large
but the ones on the face and by the forehead are a bit distracting.
1787 M.33.27-r.4
1787 CONNECTICUT M.33.27-r.4 DBL R6 VE25 $350.00
149.2 gns. Attractive and even medium brown toning. A tew pin and
hairline scratches at the obver.se center. Weaker than the Perkins coin,
and falling below the census, but at the level where it becomes difficult
to obtain.
1787 CONNECTICUT M.37.5-e DBL R3 VGIO $150.00
1 16.1 gns. Dark golden brown, some raised points lighter. Both sides
are glossy and generally smooth, small Haw in the obverse hair, and a
few tiny reverse rim tics. Full legends and date.
1787 CONNECTICUT M.43.1-Y DBL R2 VF35 $475.00
151.6 gns. The CONNFC Type. A pleasing borderline EF coin. Dark
olive brown surfaces with porosity fine enough to allow them to be
called smooth. Well centered and evenly struck, and free of problems.
The Perkins EF coin was marginally stronger with .some striae. Difficult
to improve on, the low end of the census for this variety has a number
of EF coins.
1787 CONNECTICUT M.43-Y VF3()-i- $65().(X)
Very pretty glossy brown. Problem free. Not cheap but nice for grade.
1787 CONNECTICUT M.6.1-M MBL R1 VE20 $325.(K)
104.8 gns. The "Laughing Head". Predominantly smooth glossy
chocolate brown surfaces, aside from some scattered reverse striae.
1787 CONNECTICUT M.17-g.3 DBL LOW R4 F15 $275.(K)
150.5 gns. Pleasing honey brown surfaces. Details approaching VF.
Surfaces are smooth and glossy. One faint vertical scratch at base of
reverse. Problem free for the grade. Full clear legends and date. A nice
coin.
CHOICE 1787 M.33.16-Z.15
1787 CONNECTICUT M.33.16-Z. 15 DBL R4 AU50 $1850.00
126.6 gns. A choice coin with tan surfaces, hard and glossy where fully
struck. In those areas, including the full head on the obverse, and the
drapery details on that Bust, details are needle sharp. Similarly on the
reverse. Liberty's skirts, the globe and shield, her branch hand and
elsewhere are fully crisp. Much of the remaining central device areas
however struck softly, or simply did not strike up. The area between
Liberty's head, arms, and waist show little but raw pre strike planchet
surfaces. The same is true of the neck region of the obverse ettigy.
slipping onto the drapery. All as struck. Aside from the toning this coin
is virtually the same today as the day it left the mint. One tiny nick over
the first N on the obverse, and no other problems.
1787 CONNECTICUT M. 37.1 -cc.l DBL R4 F15 $175.00
148.9 gns. An ET LIR variety. Medium to light golden olive toning.
This on a planchet with surfaces made lightly pebbly by very moderate
porosity. Off center right but with lull legends and a nearly lull date.
No notable marks.
1787 CONNECTICUT M.37.3-i DBL R3 VF30 $450.00
141.0 gns. Medium tan toning. Faint horizontal roller striations cross
the surface. Still rellective below those minor distractions. Strong
legends and date. Color and strike combine to make this an attracti\e
coin.
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1793
17S7 CONMX’ l lCL'T M. 37.5-1: DBl. R3 VF25 -S325.(H)
13S S gns Pale i;i)l(Jen hri>wn snuH)th surfaces, that are sprinkled with
some micro striae,. V'erv well centered and evenly struck, free of marks.
17SS CON.\hCTICUT.\1.2-D .\1BR R1 VGIO $150.00
95.8 gns. Dark olive brown with some paler details. Obverse from a
\ery late state, with a triangle of large cuds framing the bust at top and
corners.
1787 .N'EWJERSKY .\143.D VF20 DOUBLE STRUCK $250.00
Light brown. Tiny dig in obverse field K9. A rim bruise K 1 . Finely but
visibly double strike obverse and reverse.
1787 NEW JERSEY M.39-a R2 VF35 $750.00
156.6 gns. An attractive coin with even light brown toning across both
sides. Generally smooth w ith just trace granularity on glossy surfaces.
One obverse scratch that's well hidden out in the open. It crosses the
ba.se ot the plow and looks like it was always meant to be there. One
small flaw above the R ot PLURIBUS at the rim.
1787 NEW JERSEY M.46-e R1 VF35 $475.00
143.8 gns. Light chocolate brown, generally smooth and reflective
surfaces, slightly darker along part of the reverse rim. Intermediate die
state with date partially obscured. Struck low obverse which contributes
to that, and leaves excess planchet from 1 1 ;00 to 5:00. Reverse struck
high with legends tight against the rim but complete. Great color and
surfaces.
1786 VERMONT LANDSCAPE R6 F15 $575.00
Glossy brown. Most of date off plan. Tiny clip K9. Sharp plough,
mountain, and sun.
1787 VERMONT R. 13 R1 AU50 $495.00
106.4 gns. The BRITANNIA Type. A Mailed Bust Right Type. Dramatic
details are present on this minimally circulated example. Chocolate
brown with hard gloss on sometimes defective surfaces. The obverse is
choice, smooth becoming slightly rougher towards the base at 6:00,
where there is a small natural crack in the planchet. Usual weakness on
reverse.
1789 MOTTTOKEN-THICK PLANCHET EF40 $575.00
163.8 gns. Intermediate Die State, with the cud on the clock forming at
its corner. Dark olive brown. Surfaces quite reflective and perhaps
slightly less rough than typically seen. The reverse Eagle is stronger
than typically seen on a thick planchet striking.
1795 LIBERTY AND SECURITY PENNY AU55 $1550.00
tOL5 gns. Ch(x;olate brown toning, with brilliant gloss off hard surfaces.
There is very little rub on this coin, but there are a few light contact
marks m the obverse fields, and a few short scratches on or near the
reverse shield, all worth noting but not worth much concern, fix. Stack's
9/98 Sale Lot 1 10 , ricket included.
1793 C-2 R3 VG8 .$28(K).(K)
F12-t-. Dark steel with tan devices. A couple faint hairline .scratches.
The surfaces evenly grainy. All legends and date sharp. ANACS VG8.
1793 C-3 R3 AG3+ $990.(X)
Dark chocolate and tan. Planchet crack KI obverse, K4 reverse. Full
date. Full reverse crack obscures part of Liberty.
1793 C-3 R3 VG8 $2950.00
VGIO Attractive medium to light brown. Smooth surfaces. An old worn
down scratch in obverse field KIO. A minor lamination near rim K3
reverse. Nice clean rims. All detail and legends complete and clear.
1793 C-3 R3 VGIO $2950.00
Sharpness close to VF20. A tiny dropped lamination obverse K4 near
rim. Dark olive steel color. No detracting marks. Even finely granular
surfaces.
1794
1794 C-la R3 VF30 $3450.00
Five points sharper. Tan with a streak of darker steel across Liberty's
bust. A tiny rim tic obverse K4. A couple tiny pits near OF KI reverse.
Nice color. Hard smooth surfaces.
1794 C-la R3 EF45 $7500.00
Glossy dark bluish steel brown and chocolate. Possibly recolored long
ago, but quite attractive. The surfaces are smetoth and virtually flawless.
Removed from an NGC slab grade AU58. Ex. Bill Weber #2240.
1794 C-2a R2-i- G4 $295.00
G6 obverse, AG3 reverse. Steel brown. Very slight granularity. Free of
detracting marks.
CHOICE 1794 C-2a
1794 C-2a R2+ PCGS AU55 net $12,500.00
Choice tan and brown with hard lustrous surfaces. EAC EF40-I-. The
Weber coin 5 points sharper than this though this coin is cleaner and
choice for the grade.
1794 C-4a
1794 C-4a R3 EF40 $5250.00
Slightly sharper medium chocolate brown. The reverse with .some deeper
chocolate. Possibly retoned but very nicely done if so. Pretty well mark
tree surfaces. Late die state. Manley 4.0. Pretty much the latest state I
have seen.
SHARP 1794 C-7
1794 C-7 R5-t- FI 2 net ,S4950.(M)
VF20 sharpness. Attractive chocolate aiul steel color. Minute granularitv.
A tiny scrape on etlge K8. Virtually mark free surfaces.
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1794 C-8 R5 FI 2 net $45()().()()
VF20. Attractive chocolate steel. There is a tiny planchet void in obverse
field K8. The surface appears hard and smooth, but has been lightly
polished. Manley 2.0
1794 C-9 R2 VGIO $650.00
FI 2 Chocolate steel and brown. Tiny rim nick over first S in STATES.
All detail sharp.
SHARP 1794 COHEN-9
1794 C-9 R2 VF35 net 4850.00
Sharper by at least 5 points but recolored glossy dark steel and chocolate
brown. The recoloring apparently was done following a very light
smoothing in the field before the face where a couple tiny planhcet
flakes were carefully burnished out. Otherwise free of defects. MDS,
Manley state 2.0
1795
1795 C-1 R2 VF25 LETTERED EDGE $1750.00
Sharpness EE40. Glossy brown. The reverse lighter brown. Looks much
better, but an edge bump has been repaired obverse K7 and the surfaces
subsequently cleaned and retoned. Sharply struck.
1795 C-4 R3 VG8+ $650.00
VG 1 0 Choice tan color with smooth glossy surfaces. A few faint hairlines
on Liberty's portrait. A tiny plan flake near obverse rim K2. HALF
CENT weak as usual. Great looking coin. ANACS VGIO.
1795 C-4 R3 VGIO $700.00
El 2 Brown. Some reddish tan. Smooth surfaces, nicely retoned.
1795 C-4 R3 VE20 $1250.00
Sharpness at least EE40 but the obverse is covered with tiny planchet
flakes, as struck. The reverse is choice except for a small fissure at the
rim over ST, also as struck., and grades EE45. The only contact mark is
a faint hairline scratch hidden among the flakes in the field before the
eyebrow. Glossy medium brown. MDS. Manley state 2.0 early. The
reverse is rotated 5 degrees CCW. Too bad about the planchet flaws
because this piece would have been choice. Weight 80.3 gns. Ex. Pete
Boisvert 1/87-Ron Guth 2/11/87-Bill Weber.
1795 C-5a R3 FI 2 $950.00
FI 5. Tan and brown. Tiny bit brassy.
1795 C-5a R3 VF25+ $1850.00
VF30 Very nice medium brown. Smooth surface.
1795 C-5b R4 VGIO $850.00
FI 2 Thick planchet. Attractive medium chocolate brown. A couple light
hairlines, smooth surfaces. Date readable (not always the ca.se). Nice
clear rims.
1795 C-6a R2 FI 2 $750.00
VF20. Chocolate steel. Smooth surfaces. A planchet flaw at rim KIO
obverse. A spot of dirt at .second T of STATES.
1795 C-6a R2 VGIO $900.00
Slightly sharper with some very fine hairlines across the cheek and
upper portions of the hair. Otherwise very nice for the grade. Attractive
glossy medium brown. Struck over a 1795 Talbot. Allum & Lee cent.
1795 C-6b R5-t- AG3 $1250.(K)
Very nice for the grade. You have to tilt it just right to see any trace of
the date. Portrait and Liberty clear. About 2/3 of the reverse intact. Nice
planchet. Smooth chocolate brown. Some old hairlines. Thick planchet.
1796
1796 C-2 R4 PR2 $3950.(K)
Glossy steel brown and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth and virtually
free of marks, just heavily worn. The only defect is a small pinch on the
rim left of the lower curls that caused a slight bend in the planchet. The
bend was a fortuitous event because it protected the date area, leaving
the date the strongest feature remaining on the obverse. The date is
complete except for the bottoms of the 9 & 6, which are weak but easy
to make out. The portrait is weak but visible and the L in LIBERTY can
be made out. The reverse is mostly slick except for ED 5T and leaves
below, which are clear.
1797
1797 C-1 R2 AG3 $145.00
Brown. Mostly smooth. Eull date and portrait. Most of reverse readable.
Manley state III.
COHEN-1 STRUCK OVER TAL CENT
1797 C-1 R2 EE40 net $3750.00
STRUCK OVER 1795 TALBOT ALLUM & LEE CENT. Glossy
medium brown and chocolate. There is some reddish chocolate toning
at UNI and the left side of the fraction, and traces of very light verdigris
are in the protected areas of this stain. Otherwise this piece is very
attractive. The only notable contact mark is a short, very faint hairline
scratch at $-0. LDS, Breen state IX, Manley state 4.0 late. The obverse
die cracks are strong and the swelling before the face is obvious. Struck
over a cut-down 1 795 TAL cent with clear undertype visible on both
sides. An attractive example of the popular 1 over 1 variety.
CHOICE 1797 C-1
1797 C-1 R1 EE45-h $6500.00
Choice light brown with attractive problem free and lustrous surfaces.
Later die state with weakness at RTY K 1 obverse and at ICA K5 reverse.
Struck over a Talbot, Allum & Lee token with traces of the undertype
visible. A beautiful cent in a PCGS AU55 holder.
1 797 C-3a R3 VG8 LOW HEAD $950.(K)
Medium brown with smooth problem tree .surfaces.
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17^)7 C-3a R3 VF25 PLAIN EDGK net $495{).()()
Sharpness EF45 with some marks, mostly on the reverse. The strongest
ones are a dull dent at the dentils over the left sides of O in OF and
another at the dentils between the U and ribbon end. These dents are
strong enough to cause a slight bulge on the opposing obverse rim. The
planchet is rather glossy but does have microscopic roughness scattered
about both sides. No verdigris. Slightly glossy dark chocolate brown
with a splash ot olive toning left of the cap. LDS, Manley state 3.0, the
obverse die crack very strong. This is the Gilbert plate coin for the variety
lG-2)and was plated in the Stack's fi.xed price list offering the Brobston
collection. A very sharp e.xample of the Low Head variety. Weigh 85.7
gns. Ex. Hillyer Ryder- Ryder Estate 1928, Wayte Raymond 12/44-
New Netherlands Coin Co. #44, 6/23/54:278-Jo.seph Brobston, Stack's
FPL #69, 1/63-unknown-Stack's 10/20/99:9.
1797 C-3b R4 VF25 LETTER EDEDGE $32,000.00
Nice glossy chocolate brown. Two shallow nicks left of the eye and a
couple light contact marks in the field off the chin, plus a faint hairline
at F in HALF are the only notable defects and they are trivial. LDS,
Manley state 3.0 late. The break at the chin is very strong, much later
than anything described by Manley for the lettered edge version.
Conforms to Breen's state V. Ex. Frank H. Masters, Rare Coin Company
of America 5/14/71:4-unknown-Tony Terranova-Jim McGuigan 8/82-
Bill Weber #2277.
1800
1800 C-1 R2 FI 2 $175.00
VF20 Nice steel brown. Microscopically grainy.
1800 C-1 R2 EF45 $1200.00
Glossy chocolate brown with traces of luster. Sharply struck MDS.
Manley 3.0 with the obverse rim breaks visible. Ex. Loye Laner lot
249-Bill Weber lot 2279.
1802
RARE 1802 C-1 REVERSE OF 1800
1802 C-1 R6 AG3-I- net $16,500.00
The obverse is a full good, the reverse is slightly weaker as usual though
really only OF and the first A of AMERICA missing. The planchet
appears smooth with microscopic granularity visible under
magnification. A tiny rim mark to left of L in LIBERTY the only notable
mark. Nice chocolate color. An above average example of this rare
Redbook variety.
I m2 C-2 R3 AG3 $65,, ,
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■S TRLCK. .Sharpness VG7 but dark and granular. Weber lot #2283
1802 C-2 R3 G5 $750.00
VG7 Steel brown. FYobably cleaned and retoned, some granularity on
the reverse f ull rims and sharp detail through HALf- CENT weak.
1802 C-2 R3 VG8 $14(K).(K)
Chocolate. Minutely grainy. Full reverse. This is very nice tor the grade
1803
1803 C-1 R1 VF25 $350.00
VF30 Medium chocolate brown color with attractive smooth surfaces.
A couple micro.scopic hairlines obverse. A small area of planchet Baking
under E of STATES. Manley 3.0
1 803 C-2 R4 G5 $450.00
Chocolate with smooth surfaces. Handling marks consistent with the
grade. Massive rim cud over STAT.
1803 C-3 R2 VF30 $550.00
VF35 Medium chocolate with smooth surfaces. Nice clean rims. A few
handling marks in field. Nice coin.
CHOICE 1803 C-3
1803 C-3 R2 AU58 $4850.00
Brown with some mint red and laded tan. Fully lustrous with a slight
trace ot rub on the highest points ot Liberty's hair. There is a small
planchet void or grease spot between U & N of UNrrF;D. Olherwise
virtually tlawless. Very sharply struck obverse. Reverse w ith weakness
at topmost leaves. Manley state 4.0.
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1804
1804 C-1 R3 VF20+ $485.00
Choice brown with smooth hard surfaces. Nice intermediate break
reverse.
1804 C-6 R2 VF20+ SPIKED CHIN $185.00
VF25+. Golden tan and brown. Small scratch over hair ribbon. Manley
state 9.0. Rim cud over MERIC.
1804 C-6 R1 VE35 $650.00
Chocolate with hard smooth surfaces. Close to choice. Scarce Manley
state 2.5. Braig state 1.8.
1804 C-8 R1 VE20 SPIKED CHIN $250.00
Choice glossy chocolate brown with some frosty light brown in protected
areas. The only marks are a couple faint hairline scratches down the left
edge of the wreath ribbon. Manley state 6.0 with a partially raised
retained cud break at LIBE. The reverse is rotated 30oCCW. Ex. Jack
Robinson 2/87.
1804 C-8 R2 XE40 $450.00
SPIKED CHIN. Nice medium brown.
1804 C-8 R1 AU50 $1200.00
AU55 Tan and golden olive. Lots of flowline luster. There are some
tiny almost unnoticeable nicks at obverse rim K5-6. Manley 2.0.
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1804 C-9 R2 EE40 $650.00
EE45 Chocolate with hard smooth surfaces. Tiny field nicks below Y
of LIBERTY in field K8 obverse. Scarce state VI with rim cud over
RTY but no crack at bust.
1804 C-1 2 R2 AU55 $1450.00
Light brown with gold and olive. Eully lustrous surfaces. Small crescent
of darker tone under fraction. A few tiny marks. Sharp strike. Only six
mint state coins known.
1804 C-1 3 R1 EE40 $350.00
EE45 Lustrous chocolate. Hard smooth surfaces. A small lamination
type fissure at the rim under 4 of date. Manley 1.0 with clashmarks
visible before throat.
1804 C-1 3 R1 EF45 $550.00
Choice lustrous Hershey bar chocolate with some faded mint red on the
reverse.
Excellent eye appeal.
1804 C-1 3 R1 AU50 $950.00
Lustrous tan speckled with brown. There is a short scratch under Liberty s
hair ribbon. Glossy lustrous surfaces. Ex. Heritage 1992 ANA Sale, lot
52.
1805
1805 C-1 Rl VF25 $245.00
Lustrous brown with a trace of tan.
1805 C-2 R5 AG3 $4000.00
Impossible to grade. Looks like a nice VG net G6 or 7. Lightly huinishcd,
but has been expertly plugged K8 obverse. Ex. TDR.
1805 C-3 R4 G4 SMALL FIVE WITH STEMS $650.(X)
G5 Medium chocolate steel. Trifle grainy on reverse.
1806
1806 C-1 Rl El 2 $175.(K)
SMALL 6 W/OUT STEMS. DOUBLE STRUCK. Glossy steel brown
and chocolate. Some minor marks, including a dull, light scratch on
the base of the neck. The reverse is sharply doubled.
1807
1807 C-1 Rl VE20 $135.00
Choice lustrous brown. Stronger reverse.
1807 C-1 Rl VE35 EDS $1550.00
Lustrous chocolate brown. Rare early die state. Manley 1.0. Slightly
off center, but full obverse dentilation shows.
1808
1808 C-3 Rl VE25 $175.00
ZEROS EOR 8. Medium brown. Well struck. MDS.
1808 C-3 Rl EE40 $1100.00
EE45 Glossy dark chocolate. Very nicely recolored. LDS with flowlined,
mark free surfaces.
DOUBLE STRUCK 1808 HALF CENT
1808 C-3 Rl AU50 DOUBLE STRUCK $3500.00
Frosty reddish steel brown with splashes of darker steel toning on both
sides, mostly on the obverse. The protected areas are covered with
attractive cartwheel luster from die flowlines. There is a taint hairline
scratch from the earlobe down to the shoulder, but it is mostly hidden
by the hair. The most notable defect is a small crack in the planchet at
the rim over R in LIBERTY, as struck. Double struck with an offset of
about a half millimeter. There is strong doubling along the profile from
the top of the head down to the bottom of the neck, plus less obvious
doubling on LIB and the hair ribbon. The reverse shows fine doubling
on HALF CENT and much of the wreath. M-LDS. Manley state 4.0.
EAC grade net AU50.
1808/7 C-2 R3 VG7 $2(X).(K)
VGIO Attractive chocolate color. Smooth surfaces with some
microscopic hairline scratches.
1808/7 C-2 R3 VF20 $1250.(X)
vSmooth even chocolate brown. A faint scratch in ob\crse field K4. Sharp*
ovcrdate. Great eye appeal.
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f.F4i' Lustrous chi)colate steel. Hard smooth surfaces. Some old
scratches around H Al.L CHNT. Kx. Roger Cohen Sale 2/2/92:246.
1809
1809 C-l R4+ G4 $55().0{)
Sharpness VG8. Dark steel with corroded surfaces. There are some old
worn down scratches. The detail is sharp. All legends and date bold.
1809 C-2 R3 VF25 $495.00
\ F30 Chocolate and steel. Hard glossy planchct. A minute mark under
nine ot date and an old scratch hidden on Liberty's neck. Common in
low grades, extraordinarily difficult in VF or better.
1809 C-3 Rl EF45 $195.00
AU50 Light choct)late with some faded mint red on the reverse. Few
tiny field marks. Great eye appeal.
1809 C-4 Rl VF35 $350.00
RE-CUT ZERO. Nice medium brown. Minor marks. LDS.
1809 C-4 R3 VF35 LDS $295.00
RE-CUT ZERO. Nice medium brown
1809 C-5 Rl EF40 $195.00
Lustrous chocolate. Sharply struck.
1809 C-5 Rl AU50 $340.00
1809/6 OVERDATE. Lustrous deep chocolate.
1810
•^10 C-l Rl VF20-I- $295.00
VF25 Medium brown. Hard smooth surfaces. A tiny pinprick in field to
right of star four.
1810 C-l Rl VF35-I- net $750.00
EF40. Brown with some faded tan. Very pretty. A tiny rim mark K5
obverse of no consequence. A few minor handling marks. Great eye
appeal.
1811
181 1C- 1 R4 VG7 FOUR STAR BREAK $475.00
What can I say I haven't been able to offer a decent 4 STAR BREAK in
a while. This has .sharpness of FI 2. Decent black and tan color, but
some old worn down pin.scratches around last 6 stars and AMERICA
reverse. Big full 4 STAR BREAK.
181 1 C-l R4 VGIO FOUR STAR BREAK $1250.00
FI 5 Chocolate steel. Surfaces basically smooth with .some old hairline
scratches. Full four star rim break. Becoming impossible to find.
181 1 C-2 R3 G6 $150.00
Medium chocolate. Smooth surfaces. Above average for grade.
181 If -2 R^ VF35 $2950.00
F.F-4(: Meilium < h(M-()late brown with a smooth surface. There are a
'■-uple minute hairlines, but no notable defects.
1811 C-2 R3 VF.35 $.3500.IK)
EF40 with choice glossy brown surfaces. Struck on a miscut planchct
leaving some beveling on the reverse. A remarkable half cent.
18I1C-2 R3 EF40 $5500.00
Beautiful medium brown with some faded tan. Unusually choice color
tor this date. Well struck. The only notable mark a small nick under the
left foot of the first A in AMERICA. Almost impossible to find this
quality. Would improve all but two or three sets I am aware of. Manley
state 3.0.
1825
1825 C-l R3 EF40 $450.00
Sharply struck chocolate with steel and reddish tan. Problem free.
Rotated reverse. Ex. Bowers Flannagan Sale 12/01:2563.
1825 C-l R3 AU50 $1250.00
AU55 Lustrous tan obverse with brown and faded mint red on the
reverse. A small spot of darker toning at top of Liberty's hair K 1 .
1825 C-2 Rl VF30 $135.00
Nice brown with faded tan.
1825 C-2 Rl AU50 $385.00
Lustrous tan. A small mint made lint mark in field above star two down
towards bust. Well struck with all stars showing some radials.
1825 C-2 Rl AU50+ $650.00
Lustrous chocolate brown. Sharply struck with much mint frost
1826
1826 C-I Rl EF45-(- $250.00
AU50 or slightly better. Lustrous light brown. A trace of faded red. A
couple tiny field tics on the reverse. Clean rims. Good strike.
1826 C-l Rl AU58 $400.00
Tan and brown, a streak ot darker tone. A trace of mint red. Rotated
reverse. PCGS G2BN.
1826 C-2 R3 EF40 $375.00
EF45 Jet black with hard glossy surfaces. A dig at the top of Liberty's
head, another in field Kl. EDS with recutting at 6 clear.
1826 C-2 R3 EF40 $650.00
MUITIPLE PROFILES ON REVERSE. Fro.sty light steel brown with
darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. The only notable mark is a
small spot of very light verdigris on star 9. Sharply struck Manley state
2.0. There are strong double and triple profiles on much of the reverse
caused by die bounce. Ex. Kagin's 1/86:4073.
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1828
1828 C-1 R1 AU5()+ $350.00
Choice brown with faded reddish tan.
1828 C-1 R1 NGCMS62BN $650.00
Frosty steel brown with lustrous bluish steel toning in protected areas.
The only marks are a few tiny pinpricks hidden in the hair left of the
ear. EDS, Manley state 1.0. The bust tip and opposing leaves under
STA are softly struck. EAC grade MS60. Weber lot #2367.
1828 C-2 R3 AU58 12 STAR OBVERSE $850.00
Brown with splashes of mint red. A couple tiny spots. A trace of rub.
1829
1829 C-1 R1 AU58 $450.00
Choice golden tan and olive. MDS.
1832
1832 C-3 R1 MS60+ $725.00
Bluish brown with faded rose and mint red. Tiny pin prick mark by
Liberty's neck. Lull cartwheel luster. Sharp strike.
1834
1834 C-1 R1 MS60+ $350.00
Light brown with some mint red remaining. Hard lustrous surfaces. A
minute hairline scratch on neck. Pretty coin.
1836
RARE PROOF ORIGINAL 1836
1836 B1 R6- PR60 $5750.00
Nice proof original striking of this rare proof only date. Medium brown
with faded rose and golden olive. There are only very faint signs of
handling. A couple light hairline under lowest curl. The rims are flawless.
The strike is exceptionally sharp with every star and strand of hair fully
struck.
1842
OUTSTANDING 1842 1ST RESTRIKE
1842 1ST RESTRIKE R6+ PR64 net $6750.(K)
Bluish steel brown with underlying faded mint color on both sides. The
fields are highly reflective and very attractive. The best identifying marks
are a speck of carbon in the dentils right of star 1 3 and a shallow void in
the planchet at the dentil roots under star 1 , as struck. Choice proof half
cent. Weight 78.3 grains.
1843
1843 BREEN 1-A R6 PROOE62 net $5250.00
PROOF ORIGINAL. Glossy medium brown with faded mint red
covering the protected areas of the reverse.
1843 BREEN 1-C R7 PROOF 63 net $7500.00
SECOND RESTRIKE. Light steel brown with overtones of bluish steel
and 25% of the original mint color remaining. The fields are nicely
reflective and free of notable hairline or carbon spots. There is a very
tiny nick-like planchet void in the center of the cheek and the rim at star
10 is incomplete, both defects as struck. In addition, the rim over
AMERICA was lightly abraded to remove the wire rim in that area.
Such "adjustment marks" are found on many pieces from the second
restrike series, apparently done at the mint prior to issue.
1845
SECOND RESTRIKE 1845 SMALL BERRIES PROOF
1845 BIC R6+ PROOF 60 $4500.00
Olive tan and brown. Deeply reflective surfaces. There is an old spot
below star three. The surfaces are lightly hairlined. Sharp even
impression. Every star fully struck up. Rare. PCGS PR63BN.
CHOICE PROOE 1845 SECOND RESTRIKE
1845 BREEN 1-C R5 PROOF 64 net $7500.(X)
SECOND RESTRIKE. The obverse is mint red mellowing to light steel
brown, about 40% of the red remaining. The revere is bluish steel brown
with underlying faded mint color showing through in protected areas.
The fields are reflective but the mirrors are not deep. No notable hairlines
or other signs of contact, hut there are about a half dozen very tiny
specks of dark toning (not carbon) on the obverse, the largest ot these at
the dentils under 45. The reverse is pristine. Ex-PCGS PROOF 65 RB
holder. Comes with a long provenance. Ex. Richard B. \\ insor. S. H. c'C;
H . Chapman 12/16/1895:1 05 2-Ed Frossard-unknow n- Abe Kosoff 4/2 1 /
56:477 (TJ. Clarke Collection Salc)-Morton Stack-Dorothy Nelson.
Stack's 3/15/75: 869-R.E. Naftzgcr. .Ir.-Doug Rocther. Superior 1/31/
94:763-Heritage 1996 ANASale. 8/l4/96:6495-Heritagc .V20/97:575?
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1847 BREEN 1-C R6 PR 63 SECOND RESTRIKE net $5500.00
•Mint red mellowing to light steel brown with overtones of ro.se and
bluish steel and at least 25% ot the original mint color showing through,
mostly on the obverse. There is a thin, very light scuff in the field between
star 4 and the tip of the nose, a small carbon spot on the rim over star 7,
another on the neck, and a larger one in the field touching the bottom of
the outer hairbun. The reverse is flawless except for a tiny speck of
carbon over the N in CENT. The fields are nicely reflective, the reverse
mirrors especialiy deep. An attractive example in spite of the minor
marks. Ex. Superior 1/86:3 19-J.R. Frankenfield, Superior 2/1 7/01: 165.
1848
1848 FIRST RESTRIKE WITH HIGH KNIEE RIM
1848 1ST RESTRIKE BREEN 1-BR5+ PR63 net $6500.00
Medium brown with bluish steel overtones. The fields are reflective
with moderately deep mirrors. No spots or stains, but there is a struck¬
through line (from fiber or thin wire on the die) that meanders to the
right from the nostril. There is an especially high knife rim on the reverse
from K4 to KIO. A bit softly struck in the central portions. The soft
strike and high knife rim are characteristics of Breen's Series III strikings
of these proofs. Weight 78.9 grains.
1851
1851 C-1 R1 AU55 $195.00
Lustrous brown with a trace of red. Stars and profile are doubled.
1855
THE ELIASBERG 1855 PROOF
'*^55 C-1 R5+(as a proof) PR64 net $6800.00
Golden light brown and tan with a bluish steel overtones. Shaiply struck
with highly reflective fields, and fine die polishing lines cover most of
the obverse fields. There is a tiny spot of darker olive toning in the field
left of star 12, another close to the hair between stars 7 & 8, and a third
that's barely visible in the field before the eyelash, a thin struck-through
lint line meanders in the field under star 9 and another shows on the rim
at star 3. an unquestioned proof strike. Very attractive, near gem quality,
weight 85.6 grains.
1856
1856 C-1 R1 MS64 $1750.00
Beautiful full mint red to orange with full cartwheel luster. A couple
planchet voids reverse near HALF CENT. From a small hoard dispersed
years ago by Jim McGuigan. Among the finest known.
1857
1857 C-1 R2 AU55 $250.00
Light brown. Full mint frost.
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1793 S-3 R3- G4 CHAIN $175().(){)
Barely a good, but the date and Liberty are readable. Full chain and all
legends readable. Clean rims, but some old worn down scratches. Brown
and steel color.
1793 S-3 R3- VG8 $4200.00
F12 Decent brown color but granular surfaces. Tiny scratch in obverse
field. Date and all detail sharp.
1793 S-8 R3 VGIO WREATH $1550.00
FI 2. Dark chocolate. Evenly granular. Couple obverse scratches. Couple
rim nicks reverse Kl.
1793 S-8 R3 VE30 WREATH $5950.00
EF45 by sharpness. The surfaces are evenly granular. There is a small
rim mark K5 reverse. The color is pretty nice overall. Dark chocolate
steel with some tan on devices. The reverse with some oxidation stains
but no verdigris. Very sharp with decent eye appeal.
1793 S-9 R3 VGIO WREATH $1575.00
FI 5 Clean rims. Dark steel with granular surface. A few tiny pits.
1793 S-llc R3- G5 WREATH $875.00
VG 1 0 Date portrait sharp. Nice brown but planchet roughness, striation,
obscures some detail.
1793 S-12 R6 VG7+ LIBERTY CAP net $6500.00
VGIO sharpness and close to FI 2. Full portrait Liberty and Date. Some
separation on leaves of the wreath. Weakness in center as usual. Full
rims and full beading both sides. Ex. Lindesmith & La Rivieve Collection
Sale 1 1/99:286 where it brought over $7000. The condition census for
this variety is (40, 25, 25, 12, 7).
1793 S-13 R4- FR2 LIBERTY CAP $850.00
Date legible. Portrait complete. Rims not all banged up. Heavily striated
planchet with scratches too. Black and tan. Pretty bad, but still a 93
CAP.
1793 S-13 R4- VG8-t- $4950 (K)
FI 2 or sharper. Dark chocolate. No detracting marks, but thoroughly
and evenly porous. All detail sharp.
1794
1794 S-17 R5- AG3 HEAD OF 1793 $475.(K)
Smooth chocolate. Date and portrait clear. Couple bumps, but nice color
and surfaces. Lots of wear.
1794 S-18b R4 AG3 HEAD OF 1793 $275.00
Dark with granular surface. Full portrait, partial date.
1794 S-18b R4 G6 HEAD OF 1793 $850.(K)
VG8 or slightly sharper. Nice black and tan color in a cameo like effect.
Date, Liberty, all legends readable. Often the date is weak on these.
Some underlying granularity, but no notable marks and problem free
rims. Nice for a head of 93 in this grade.
1794 S-18b R4 VG8 HEAD OF 1794 $1750.00
Sharpness VF25 or thereabouts, but the hair details have been skillfully
re-engraved and the surfaces were burnished to remove some minor
roughness. High glossy chocolate brown with a few small splashes of
darker olive toning on the reverse.
HEAD OF 1793
1793 S-18b R4 FI 2 $3500.00
VF20 Chocolate brown. Very glossy from a light burnishing. A few
faint hairlines, but free of distracting marks. Obverse sharper than reverse
as always.
1794 S-22 R1 FI 5 $495.00
Someone will give this an appreciative home. Sharpness of EF40. Dark
steel. Evenly corroded, burnished and waxed. Very sharp. Struck on a
slightly oversized planchet.
1794 S-26 R2 VG8 $295.00
FI 2 with smooth light brown planchet. A couple light pinscratches
obverse field now worn down and a couple minute planchet voids or
pits on Liberty's neck and hair. Some central weakness, but sharp overall
with nice clean rims.
1794 S-26 R2 EF45 $65(K).00
Frosty light brown and faded reddish tan. Lustrous surlaces. .A tiny nick
in obverse field before Liberty's eyebrow. M-LD.S with two cracks
through S & E of STATES. A beautilul cent.
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l hv sharpness. Nice even ehoeolate steel coliir. Evenly
mieroseopieallv eomHJed surface. Tiny scrape at rim K8 obverse.
1794 S-29 R2+ EF40+ net $4850.00
Striking golden tan with some steel brown tone on cheek and hair.
Sharply struck with no flaws. A beautiful 1794 cent. Third time I've
owned this so I think it's nice.
1794 S-30 R1 VF35 $3450.00
Frosty chocolate with a small splash of reddish brown toning. A couple
ticks in the field under the chin. A very attractive cent with hints of
luster in some protected areas. E-MDS.
1794 S-35 R5+ FI 5 $3950.00
Sharpness VF35 but the planchet is covered with light to moderate
granularity and the upper half of the obverse has patches of shallow
verdigris. There are a few light hairline scratches hidden in the natural
patina in the field under the cap and light rim bruises left of the date and
at the second A in AMERICA. The date and legends are bold. EDS, the
obverse die cracks strong. Ex. McLaughlin & Robinson Auction #4376,
6/29/88; 195-Colonel Steven Ellsworth.
THIRD FINEST KNOWN 1794 S-36
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1794 S-36 R5 EF40 $32,500.00
EF45 Medium to light brown with hard smooth surfaces. Color and
surfaces choice but a tiny rim mark over T of LIBERTY and a couple
smaller tics over ER of AMERICA. Excellent eye appeal. Third finest
known of the variety with the finest being in the ANS Museum. Only
one finer in collectors' hands. Great pedigree. From the R. E. Naftzger
collection. Earlier from Henry Chapman sale of the W.B. Guy collection,
November 1911 ;40l . B. Max Mehl's Dr. George P. French collection,
I929:54-T. James Clarke-Mehl, 1944-’WiIliam Sheldon-Sheldon to
ANS-Naftzgeron January 26, 200 1 -Plated in Samuel Chapman's United
State Cents of the Year 1794 (1923) and Tom Morley's 1794 Large
Cents Graded and Upgraded. In a PCGS holder AU55.
1794 S-40 R5-I- FR2 $250.00
A few points sharper, but there is an X deeply scratched across the
obverse plus patches of moderte pitting on both sides. Only the top
portion of the date is faintly visible, but the legends are clear except for
ONE CENT, which is missing. Dark olive with medium brown
highpoints.
1794 $-41 R3 VGIO $495 00
f 15 or a bit sharper. Brown color and clean rims, but some areas of
pitting K3 obverse. A few hairlines reverse.
1794 S-43 R2-I- EE45 $55(H).(X)
Very sharply struck with detail AU55, but some areas of faint granularity
K8 and K1 1 obverse, a couple faint hairlines in obverse field K5. A
minor planchet void above E of STATES.
1794 S-47 R4 VGIO $550. (K)
Sharpness close to VF. Dark chocolate and tan. Microscopic surface
pitting.
1794 S-56 R3 FI 2 $485.00
Medium brown and tan. Smooth, hard surfaces. Some weakness K4-5
reverse. Problem free.
BLUNDERED EDGE S-57
1794 S-57 R1 VF25 $950.00
BLUNDERED EDGE DOE OVER ONE. Slightly sharper with a
hairline scratch in the filed under the cap, a small rim nick at the end of
the pole, and a couple more at TE in UNITED. Softly struck at the top
of the obverse and bottom of the reverse due to non-parallel die faces.
Glossy reddish steel brown and dark chocolate. E-MDS, Breen state II.
The edge lettering is blundered, with DOE impressed over an extra
ONE.
LORD ST. OSWALD 1794 S-57
1794 S-57 R1 AU50 net $9750.00
Choice frosty steel brown with smooth, highly lustrous surfaces. There
is just a bit of light friction on the highest points. A beautiful , well
preserved example that s near the lower end of the condition census.
Acquired in the United States in the early part of the 19th century by
Sir Rowland Winn (later Major the Lord St. Oswald, M.C.)-the Oswald
descendants-Christie, Manson, 7 Woods, Ltd. (London) 2/92:283-Eric
Streiner-CVM-Roger Siboni.
OUTSTANDING LUSTROUS 1794 S-57
1794 S-57 R1 MS64 net $39,500.00
Choice frosty light bluish steel brown with underlying faded mint red,
especially on the reverse. The surfaces re covered with satiny mint luster,
the frost unbroken, uneven on the highpoints. A gem cent except for
some tiny planchet flakes at LIBE and a larger one in the field just over
the end of the pole, all as truck. The only contact mark on the obverse is
an extremely tiny tick under the earlobe. The reverse is pristine except
for a small nick on the leaf over O in ONE. M-LDS, Breen state IV. A
gorgeous cent. Listed as MS65 choice and tied for finest known with
one other piece in the Noyes census. Bland says MS63 and tied for
CC#2 behind a slightly finer example that has a planchet Haw. A nicer
example is, most likely, out of the question. Ex. Lord St. Oswald,
Christies (London) 10/64: 15 l-Lester Merkin-Stack's-Frank H. Masters,
Jr. -Rare Coin Co. of America 5/71:69-R. E. Naftzger Jr, New
Netherlands Coin Co. 1 l/l4/73:378-Del Bland-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz-
Del Bland 1/4/85-Bert Cohen.
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1794 S-59 R3- PCGS MS62BN net $9250.00
Frosty steel brown with lustrous tan and light steel brown toning in the
protected areas. There is a thin, shallow planchet void from just left of
the eye down to the center of the cheek, another smaller one in the field
Just left of the bottom of the cap, and a small planchet flake at the rim
under the 7 in the date, all as struck. No spots and just the lightest touch
of friction on the highest points of the design. There are a few very light
rim bruises on both sides, barely detectible, especially in the slab. M-
LDS, Breen state V. a relatively strong die crack arcs through the fraction
and final A in AMERICA. A frosty , attractive example in spite of the
minor defects. Tied for CC#5 in the Bland/Breen condition census.
1794 S-62 R4+ VG7 $550.00
VGIO. Nice black and tan cameo. Minutely granular. A couple old
scratches or lamination lines reverse Kl. Large rim cud obverse K8-9
and resulting weakness reverse. Nice example overall.
1794 S-64 R5- VG7 $550.00
VG 10 Dark steel. A little grainy. A couple tiny nicks. Full reverse with
missing fraction bar.
1794 S-65 R1 VF20 $750.00
Chocolate and tan cameo. Reverse slightly weaker with full bisecting
die break rims at twelve o'clock through S down through wreath through
2nd A of AMERICA to rim K5. Nice smooth surfaces.
LORD ST. OSWALD 1794 S-67
1794 S-67 EF45 net $7500.00
AU58 with just the lightest race of rub. The obverse has probably been
chemically cleaned and now is naturally toned. There is a small scratch
on Liberty's neck where a mint made delamination has occurred above
the 9 of the date. Fully lustrous with an exceptional strike. The reverse
is pristine. A fascinating cent with a great history. Ex. sir Rowland Winn
(who obtained it directly from the mint ins 1795)-Major the Lord St.
Oswald-Christies 10/64; 157-A.H. Baldwin and sons-Lester Merkin-R.
Henry Norweb 1 1/14/88:2276-1. R. Frankenfield.
1795
1795 S-75 R3 FI 2+ LETTERED EDGE $950.00
FI 5-1- Chocolate olive and brown. Smooth surfaces. Minor rim mark
under date. Nice for grade. Lettered edge.
1795 S-75 LETTERED EDGE
1795 S-75 AU55 LETTERED EDGE net $10,500.00
Choice very lustrous deep chocolate brown. There is a minute scratch
in field under the cap. A similar trivial line to right of C of CENT.
Immaculate rims. 'Very light trace of rub. Exceptionally sharp strike.
MASSIVE I’lE PAN 1795 S-76a
1795 S-76a R5 VGIO net $85(K).(K)
LETTERED EDGE. MASSIVE BROADSTRIKE. Sharpness VF20 but
dark and covered with uniform moderate granularity. No verdigris or
notable marks. The date and legends are bold. Struck multiple times
creating a spectacular error called "The Pie Pan." The planchet weighs
a normal 208.6 grains, but the diameter has been increased to a w hopping
32.6 millimeters, a result of the multiple strikes. This cent is pictured in
the new Breen/Borckhard book (Oops section, page 845). The edge
lettering is distorted but most of it can be made out. A neat error: I've
seen no others quite like it in the series. Ex. Lester Merfkin- 1 978 ANA
Sale, Bowers & Ruddy 8/21/78:1893.
1795 S-76b R1 VG8 $325. (K)
Very nice light brown. The surfaces smooth. Lots of lower hair detail,
but really just a nice VG.
1795 S-76b R1 EF40 $3750.00
Light brown with smooth, hard surfaces. Exceptional strike with sharp
hair detail and a full, evenly struck reverse. Well centered with full
dentilation both sides. A couple minute hairlines visible with a glass.
Otherwise flawless. An exceptional specimen overall.
1795 S-76b AU55
1795 S-76b R1 AU55 net $6250.00
AU55 Light brown with lustrous surfaces. A couple tiny laminations in
reverse field to right of F, Very sharply struck with full reverse. PCGS
AU58.
1795 S-78 R1 AU58 $8750.00
Choice lustrous light brown with a trace of mint red on the obverse and
splashes on the reverse. There are a couple planchet striations, one on
the cap obverse KIO, another couple on the reverse K5. These are minor
and do not detract. There is a tiny bit of rub on a tew hair strands above
Liberty's ear. The reverse is strictly mint state. The coin is completely
lustrous with a good sharp strike both sides. NGC MS62BN.
1796
1796 S-88 R4 G4 $250.00
Sharpness VG8, hut the planchet is dark and slightly rough, and there
are old hairline scratches covering much of the obverse. Several small
rim bruises are on each side, with a strong one at IT in UNITED. The
obverse is glossy dark olive and steel; the reverse is the same color, but
matte due to fine granularity. The date is strong and legends clear.
1796 S-89 R3 FI 2 $850.(K)
F 1 5 Steel with lighter devices. A couple hairline scratches under Libeiiy s
neck. Nicely centered with a good strike.
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1796 S-99 R5+ VG8 $195().()()
Sharpness F15 w ith minor roughness covering most of the planchet,
strongest around the bust tip. No notable marks, but there are a few tiny
specks ot verdigris at the bottoms of the 96. Somewhat glossy steel
brown and dark chcKolate. LDS . The obverse die crack is strong. CC is
30. 30, 25, 12. 10. E\. Jack Beymer-Del Bland 8/90- Doug Bird 5/91.
1796 S-100 R5-f- AG3 $150.00
G5 Dark steel. Evenly corroded. Better detail.
1796 S-103 R4-(- VGIO $1350.00
Sharpness E15 or slightly better but the planchet is covered with very
line granularity. The only contact marks are a small nick hidden in the
hair under LI and a tiny rim nick over that L. The date is clear and
legends bold, especially the LIHERTY . Steel brown. The rare version
of this popular error.
1796 S-104 R3 VGIO $1300.00
LIHERTY. Sharp brown and tan. Very nice.
1796 S-108 EX. .JACK ROBINSON-JOHN WHITNEY
1796 S-108 R3-(- VF25 $2950.00
Sharpness EF45 with very fine verdigris covering the planchet (possibly
removable) and traces of extremely fine granularity under the patina.
The verdigris and roughness are strongest at the I in the date, TY in
LIBERTY, and in the field at the ends of the hair ribbon. The only contact
marks are a very faint hairline in the field under the hair ribbon and a
tiny dig in the hair left of the forehead. Slightly glossy dark olive and
reddish chocolate. Sharply struck, all the details bold. LDS, Breen state
V. with the obverse die cracks clear. Tied for CC#7 as eF40 net VF25 in
the Bland census; Noyes says AU50 net VF20 and tied for CC#7. Ex.
Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/89: 196-Jack Beymer-Tony Terranova 4/
89-John Whitney, Stack's 5/4/99: 1 743.
1796 S-llO R3-(- FI 2 $800.00
.VIedium brown. Smooth surfaces. Some tiny pits K12 reverse. Good
eye appeal. Rim cud over TY.
1796 S-llO BREEN-BORCKHARDT
PE.VTE COIN EQUAL CC#6
1 796 S- 1 1 0 R3 EF40 net $3250.00
Sharpness close to mint state with even minute surface porosity. The
surfaces have been expertly lacquered giving a pleasing, but artificial
glossy surface. Razor sharp strike. Ex. Charles R. Mathewson, Copely
Coin Co,-D()rothy Pa.schal-Robinson S. Brown 9/30/86: 146. Equal sixth
finest known of the variety, this is the Breen-Borckhardt Plate Coin for
this variety in the Encyclopedia of U. S. Cents 1793-1814.
1796 S-II6 R5 G4 $295.00
VG7 Black and tan. .Some porosity and a few hairlines. All detail and
diagnostics clear. Very scarce as a variety.
1797
1797 S-120b R2 VF30 $I850(K)
REVERSE OF 1796, GRIPPED EDGE. Sharper by at least 10 points
but covered with minute roughness. There is a faint hairline scratch on
the .shoulder and a small nick-like planchet chip in the field under L in
LIBERTY. Rather a glossy dark greenish olive brown and steel. Great
detail, just a bit dark. MDS.
RARE 1797 S-122 SECOND FINEST KNOWN
A NEW DISCOVERY!
1797 S-122 R5-t- FI 2 net $7500.00
FI 5 Medium chocolate steel with smooth, hard surfaces. A tiny nick
under
1st 7 of date, another K2 obverse. Excellent eye appeal for this rare
variety. EDS prior to reverse cracks. An important cent. This is equal
second finest known in a census of 20-12-12-1-2-10-8. This coin was
recently discovered in a group of miscellaneous coins.
1797 S-124 R5+ VGIO $2250.00
Steel and brown smooth surfaces though somewhat bluntly struck as
usual.Called VGIO in the Bland census and that is fair enough. Very
difficult to find with nice surfaces. This example ranked equal CC#8 in
the DNB census. Ex. James F. Ruddy-C. Douglas Smith.
1797 S-126 R3 VF20-I- $1250.00
VF25 Beautiful dark chocolate and tan dark smooth surfaces dramatic
advanced die break neck to rim K4 obverse. One small rim mark to left
of date K7.
1797 S-130 R2 VGIO $195.00
FI 2 or slightly sharper. Black and tan. Some fine granularity, but mostly
smooth. MDS.
1797 S-130 R2 F12-t- $450.00
Medium brown. Smooth surfaces. Intermediate die state with obverse
die break KIO partially filled in.
1797 S-134 R4 FI 5 $950.00
The obverse is slightly sharper, the reverse a bit weaker, as usual for
this variety. There are a few sharp nicks on the left bottom of the reverse;
otherwise very nice for the grade. EDS, the reverse not yet cracked at E
in AMERICA. The edge is partially gripped, as usual on this variety.
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1797 S-134 EQUAL SIXTH FINEST KNOWN
EX. PROSKEY-HINES-NAFTZGER
1797 S-134 R4 VF35 $2500.00
EF45. Lustrous light chocolate. There is some minor granularity on the
reverse and an old scratch from wreath right of E in UNITED through I
to rim K8. Ex. David Proskey-Henry Hines-William Sheldon-Dorothy
Paschal -E. Rindahl-Rick Raimo-R.E. Naftzger-C. Douglas Smith. Equal
CC#6.
1797 S-135 R3+ El 5 $550.00
VE20 Though softly struck in the center of the obverse. Choice medium
brown color and surfaces. Eaint hairline from curl under hair ribbon
across Liberty's neck. EDS.
1797 S-136 R3- El 5 $495.00
Attractive medium chocolate brown. Some blunt striking reverse. Close
to VE.
1797 S-139 R1 EF40 $34(K).(X)
Glossy dark steel brown and chocolate with peeps of frosty tan in
protected areas of the reverse. The surfaces are smooth and the eye
appeal is excellent. There is a tiny nick at the left foot of R in LIBERTY,
a couple more over the hair ribbon, and a small rim nick at TE in
STAES. M-LDS, the die crack left of the lower curls strong. At the
lower end of the expanded condition census. Ex. Bowers and Merena
1/24/90:1286.
1797 S-140 R1 VF35 $2450.(K)
EF40-I- Sharp lustrous chocolate brown. Very well detailed with great
eye appeal. There are a couple faint hairlines obverse field K8. There
are some pinscratches on the reverse above AM of AMERICA. Great
color and surfaces. Should rank among the top ten specimens of the
variety.
1798
1797 S-138 R1 VG8 $150.00
VGIO Brown and tan. The surfaces look smooth, but have some
granularity under a glass. The reverse is struck out of register 5%.
LUSTROUS MINT STATE 1797 S-139
1797 S-139 R1 MS62 net $14,500.00
Lustrous light bluish steel brown with generous traces ot laded mint
red in protected areas and a large splash of darker steel brown toning
covering the left side of the obverse. There is a small, dull nick on the
eyebrow, a short struck-through line near the dentils left of the hair
ribbon, and a very shallow low spot covering much of the field inside
the wreath, as struck. The surfaces are highly lustrous and this cent
would be choice except for the darker toning on the left side of the
obverse. MDS, Breen state 111. One of the finest known.
1798 S-147 R5 AG3-r $125.00
Technically G6. Medium steel. The surfaces smooth, but peppered with
tiny marks.
1798 S-149 R5+ AG3 STYLE I HAIR $285.00
A point or two sharper but slightly rough, strongest around the date
causing it to be weak. The 1 and 8 are clear but the 79 is virtually gone.
LIBERTY is strong and most of the reverse legend is clear. Slightly
glossy dare steel rubbed to a golden tan shade on the highpoints accenting
the details.
1798 S-149
1798 S-149 R5+ VG8 $3950.00
Slightly sharper medium brown and chocolate mottled with small
splashes of darker olive toning on both sides. Struck about 5% oft cent
to K-11.5. Listed in the Noyes census, his photo #31624. Ex. Kurt
Krueger Auction 4/92:39-Tom Reynolds.
1798 S-155 R3 VG8-t- REVERSE OF 1796 $450.00
Choice tan and steel. Hard smooth surfaces. The reverse would pass tor
FI 2. The obverse VG There is a tiny rim tic K6 reverse under the I of
the denominator. Excellent quality for the grade.
1798 S-157 R2 G4 $55.00
VG8 Brown and steel. But a couple good sized rim humps.
1798 S-157 R2 VF25 $1250.00
Sharper by five points. Dark chocolate with areas ol tan and ocrc. Some
minute pre striking planchet pits. MDS.
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I '^s S I5S R4 ACi.U $65.00
Modiuin bro\3n. beu tinv nicks.
170S S-150 R3+ G4 $55.00
C'i6 Dark steel. .A little roiiyh.
170S S-159 R3+ FI 2+ $950.00
Sharpness \ F20 with some tiny nicks scattered about both sides,
including a strong one along the profile at the nose, plus a few very
light rim bruises.
Slightly glossy mottled mi.x of light brow n and dark steel brow n. MDS.
1798 S-160 R3+ AG3+ $55.00
ChiKolate brown.
1798 S-161 R2- G4 $65.00
.Medium brown. Lots ot wear, but date and legends good. A tiny rim
mark.
1798 S-166 R1 VF30 $700.00
Chocolate w ith smooth lustrous surfaces. A couple tiny field marks. A
tiny nick to left of denominator, otherwise virtually flawless. M-LDS
with die break reverse.
1798 S-166 R1 VF30 $850.00
VF35 Chocolate fields with brown devices. Hard glossy surfaces with
some pinpoint pricks of porosity. Small nick K 1 0 obverse. M-LDS with
strong arc crack reverse.
1798 S-167 R1 VF25 $675.00
■Medium chocolate brown. Nice hard lustrous surfaces. Tiny spot before
neck. Close to choice. Later state with two obverse die breaks and rim
cud over first T in STATES.
1798 S-I7I R4-I- FI 5 $550.00
VF30 Dark chocolate. Minutely granular. Patch of corrosion between S
& T ot STATES. Massive rim cud K 10 obverse.
WORST KNOWN S-178?
1798 S-178 R5-I- BASAL STATE -I $250.00
STYLE II HAIR. REVERSE OE 1796. Sharpness at least VF20 but
heavily corroded, strongest on the reverse. The date and portrait are
mostly strong but portions are weak or missing due to the corrosion
The crack up from the bust is strong. The reverse has few details
remaining, but the single leaves at the top of the wreath are clear. Dull
dark reddish chocolate brown and steel.
1798 S-181 R3 FI 2+ $425 00
VF20-L .Mostly smooth but a couple of patches of granularity on the
obverse. The reverse has been cleaned.
1798 S-184 R2- FI 5
VF+. Brown with smooth surfaces
old cleaning on the reverse.
$395.00
, some artificial faded red from an
1798 S-186 R2 G5
VffS Black and tan. Granular surface.
$75.00
1798 .S-187 Rl G5 $75 00
V('i7 Steel and reddish tan. Trifle grainy.
1799
1799 S-188 R4 G5 $25(K).(K)
VG7 Chocolate brown. Nice clean rims. All detail visible including
both nines. The surfaces evenly granular, but no bumps, nicks, or
scratches.
1799/8 S-188 R4 VG8 .$6500.00
FI 2 Dark chocolate. Sharply struck with good hair detail. Sharp overdate
and sharp legends. Evenly corroded surface.
1799 S-189 R2+ AG3+ $1750.00
Liberty weak. Date readable. Reverse 3/4 intact. Decent steel color.
OUTSTANDING 1799 SHELDON-189
1799 S-189 R3 NGC VF20 $17,500.00
Glossy dark olive brown and steel, the planchet is smooth, above average
for this tough date. There are some light nicks scattered about both
sides, including a pair of tiny ones close under the earlobe. MDS with
the lower half of the obverse and top half of the reverse strongly struck,
thus the date is very bold. EAC grade FI 5 and near the lower end of the
condition census. Excellent eye appeal!
1800
1 800 S- 1 92 R3 VF20-I- $950.00
VF25 Brown with hard smooth surfaces. Couple rim tics under fraction.
Another to
left of hair ribbon.
1800 S-199 R4 G5 $175.00
Pretty light brown. Full obverse. Die failure re\'erse wetikens center.
Problem free.
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1800 S-200 R3 G5 $110.00
VG7 Chocolate steel. Trifle grainy.
1800 S-202 R4+ G5 $295.00
Choice hard glossy brown. Massive die failure obverse & reverse. Neat
coin.
1800 S-203 R3- VG8 $95.00
FI 2 Cleaned and retoned greenish olive and reddish tan. Few tiny pits.
Better than it sounds. Heavy reverse clash marks.
1800 S-203 R3- VF25 $1400.00
Slightly sharper with two fine horizontal hairline scratches at the jawline,
plus a tiny rim bruise at T in LIBERTY. Glossy chocolate brown with
small spots of darker olive toning on the obverse and light brown toning
in protected areas. LDS with multiple sets of sharp die clashmarks on
the reverse.
1800 S-207 R3+ FI 2 $375.00
VF20 Dark chocolate and tan. Minute granularity under a coat of care.
LDS with small pyramid shaped rim cud under fraction.
1800 S-208 R3 G6 $125.00
VG7 Brown with smooth surfaces. Some planchet voids reverse. MDS.
1800 S-208 R3 G6 $125.00
Glossy chocolate brown, the highpoints a couple shades lighter. LDS
with a strong cud at TY and to the right.
1800 S-208 R3 VF20 $1250.00
Sharpness close to EF. Some microscopic pitting. Some green K7
obverse. Looks ok. Nice chocolate and brown color. Latest die state.
Rim break K1-K3.
1800 S-211 R3- AG3+ $45.00
Obverse a full good. Reverse weak.
1800 S-211 R3- FI 2+ $750.00
VF20 Medium olive brown. The surfaces are smooth except for a pit to
right of the 1 of the fraction. Large planchet.
1800 NC-3 R6- VG7 $2500.00
Glossy chocolate with medium brown toning on the highpoints creating
an attractive two-tone look that accents the details. The surfaces are
smooth. There is a small nick or planchet chip in the field left of the
hair ribbon, a small rim nick at A in STATES, and an ancient hairline
scratch down through the left foot of E in ONE. The date and legends
are clear. _
1801
1801 S-216 R1 E12 $265.00
Very choice. Medium chocolate brown.
1801 S-219 R2 VG8+ $450.00
3 ERROS E2. Slightly grainy. Sharp. All three errors show.
1801 S-219 THREE ERRORS REVERSE
1801 S-219 R2 FI 5 $1850.(X)
3 ERRORS REVERSE. Five points sharper with too many light contact
marks on the obverse for the sharpness grade, including a half dozen
short, light scratches, mostly in the field behind the portrait, plus a small
rim bruise at L. Glossy medium brown and chocolate. MDS, an arc
crack through UNI and the fraction. The 3 reverse errors are strong.
1801 S-220 R3 VF20 1/000 $12(K).00
VF25 or slightly sharper. Nice smooth surfaces. Steel brown with some
reddish tan on the reverse that looks nice but is probably not original.
Sharply struck. The 1/000 error is sharp. Ex. DWL-Fred Borcherdt-
Robbie Brown 1/27/96:307.
1801 S-221 R2 VG7 $75.00
VG8 Nice brown. Smooth surfaces. Old curved scratch before Liberty’s
mouth. Corrected fraction.
1801 S-223 R1 VG8+ 1/000 REVERSE $135.00
Medium brown. Basically smooth surfaces. Attractive. Well struck. Nice
for the grade.
1802
1802 S-226 R3 VE25 $1250.00
Close to VE30 and at least that sharp, maybe sharper. Smooth medium
brown. Tiny tic at obverse rim K1 1 . An old scratch by lowest curl. Neat
Early to Middle Die State with cud under date just outlined, but not yet
filled in. Should be among the top ten specimens of the variety.
1802 S-230 R1 PCGSEE40 $875.00
EE40 Chocolate. Probably retoned. An old scratch before Liberty’s neck.
Nice even strike. EAC VE35.
1802 S-230 R1 EE40 $1850.00
AU50-I-. Beautiful light tan, but probably retoned to hide a number of
microscopic hairlines. Looks fabulous to the naked eye.
1802 S-231 R1 VG8 STEMLESS WREATH $78.00
Nice medium brown. LDS.
1802 S-232 R1 G5 $42.00
Smooth brown. Nick in obverse field K2. LDS cud reverse.
1802 S-236 R1 G4 $42.00
Average good. Unusual late die state with all cracks and cud over ST
of STATES.
1802 S-238 R4 VE20 $1950.(K)
Medium brown with hard smooth surfaces. Faint scratch between S &
T of STATES. Problem free with great color and surfaces for the grade.
Ex. Kagin's 3/68:505-C. Douglas Smith-Herman Halpcni-T.G. Shal-Jack
Beymer-David Palmer. Equal eighth finest known.
1802 S-239 R3 FI 5 $475.(K)
VF20-(- Nice brown. Smooth surfaces. A hairline scratch from 1. of
LIBERTY across portrait.
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1S02 S-24() R.U VF25 $I95().()()
Cilossv dark chiK'olate and olive brown with a small patch of reddish
brown ti>ning in the hair behind the neck. There is a tiny rim bruise at
the L. LDS. H\. .Mid-American Auctions 5/2-Vy(); 13.
Sll|‘KKB 1803 S-258
1803 S-258 Rl NGC 64RH net S85(K).(K)
Gorgeous tan and gold with splashes of mint red. A few toning spots
Free of detracting marks. FAceptional sharp strike from the earliest state
of these dies. The pantagraph lines are sharp. F:AC MS63.
1802 S-241 Rl VG8 STEMLESS WREATH $85.00
Medium brown obverse. Black and tan reverse.
1802 S-242 R2 VG8 $65.00
.Medium brow n. Nice for grade.
1803
1803 S-243 R2-t- VE30 $950.00
STEMLESS WREATH WITH DOUBLE ERACTION BAR. Slightly
sharper with a couple very light rim bruises on both sides and rim nick
over the second T in STATES. There are a few light contact marks on
the obverse, including a vertical nick on the cheek. Glossy steel brown
and chocolate with traces of frosty tan in protected areas. MDS, a strong
rim cud right of the Y in LIBERTY. Ex. Bowers & Merena 1/24/90: 1115 .
1803 S-247 R3 VG7 $75.00
VG8-(- Medium brown. Eew tiny pits reverse.
1803 S-247 R3 VE35 $1200.00
EF'fO. Medium chocolate brown and steel. Small carbon spot at obverse
rim K2.
1803 S-253 R3 G5 $38.00
Nice brown. Die break reverse.
1803 S-255 Rl VE20 $350.00
VE25 Very nice light brown. Hard and smooth surfaces. Nick to left of
O in OF.
EARLY DIE STATE 1803 S-258
1803 S-258 Rl AU55 $2750 00
LARGE ERACTION. Glossy medium brown and chocolate with faded
mint red in protected areas, especially on the reverse. The obverse has
some small splashes of tan and darker olive toning. There is a faint
scuff on the jawline and a fine hairline scratch on the cheek. Sharply
struck E-MDS with crisp die clashmarks on both sides and a fine die
crack from the rim up through the 1 to the hair above.
MINT STATE 1803 S-258
1803 S-258 Rl PCGS MS63BN net $5500.00
S.MALL DATE WITH LARGE FRACTION. Lustrous light to medium
brown with frosty tan and light brown in protected areas, especially on
the reverse. The only notable marks are a couple small splashes of
chocolate brown toning at the hair ribbon, a thin nick right of the earlobe,
and a faint hairline in the field under the ends of the hair ribbon. M-
LDS. Breen state IV early. The arc crack through the 1 and lower curls
I . dear, and there is light swelling in the field left of those curls. EAC
grade .MSf)f).
1803 S-259 R4 FI 2 $375.(K)
SMALL DATE, LARGE FRACTION. Slightly sharper with a few light
nicks on the obverse, none notable, and a pair of small rim nicks at D in
UNITED. Glossy dark olive and steel. MDS, a light crack through the
top of STATE. Ex. Stuart MacDonald, Heritage 9/1 1/97:5164.
1803 S-260 Rl EF45 LARGE FRACTION $2650.00
Glossy chocolate brown with lots of frosty golden tan in protected areas.
There is a small area ot reddish olive toning under the bust tip, and this
stain contains some microscopic verdigris. The only contact marks are
a tew tiny ticks high on the shoulder. M-LDS. Nice eye appeal in spite
of the minor defects.
1803 S-261 R2+ VF35 $1200.00
SMALL DATE, LARGE FRACTION. Glossy olive brown and
chocolate mottled with some lighter brown shades on the obverse and
reddish chocolate on the reverse. A small rim nick opposite the chin.
EDS, the obverse die uncracked.
1803 S-261 R2+ EF40 $1500.00
Nice glossy light olive brown and chocolate with a few tiny specks of
darker olive toning under the chin. The surfaces are smooth and
attractive. The only marks are some minor ticks in the left obverse field,
including a small void in the planchet (looks like a light nick but it was
present in the planchet prior to striking ) in the field under the end of
the hair ribbon. E-MDS with the obverse arc crack very light Tied for
CC#7.
LARGE DATE SMALL FRACTION
1803 S-264 R4-t- AG3-I- .$4950.00
Choice light brown with smooth problem free surfaces. The date is
strong, full portrait, LIBERTY weak. Strong die break reverse. The
numerator ot the fraction is clean, the denominator is missing. A nice
example.
1804
1 804 S-266 R4 AG3 $650.00
Smooth brown. Date weak but readable. Liberty strong with rim cud
RTY. Reverse stronger rim break MERIC.
1805 S-267 Rl EF40 $1450.00
Eive points sharper with a few short light scratches at BER. Lustrous
chocolate .steel color. Ex. Stack's 4/77:1025.
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1806 ISIO
1806 S-270 R1 VG7 $85.00
Nice Hershey bar chocolate. Smooth surfaces.
1806 S-270 R1 VF25 $950.00
VF35 Chocolate brown with lustrous surfaces and lots of mint frost.
There is a dig above and to right of L in LIBERTY. A few little scratches
in obverse field K2. Clean rims.
1807
1807 S-271 R1 VGIO COMET $295.00
El 2 maybe sharper. Choice medium olive tan and brown. Some faint
obverse hairlines. Eull strong comet break.
1807 S-274 R3 E12 $385.00
El 5 close to VE20. Bluntly struck at tip of bust, but lots of hair detail.
Dark olive and steel with a hard smooth surface. Tiny nick before
Liberty's eye. Very difficult to find better.
1807 S-275 R3 VE25 $1200.00
VF35 Chocolate fields, steel devices. Smooth surfaces with traces of
granularity under magnification. Should rank among the top dozen of
the variety.
1807 S-276 R1 VE25+ $585.00
VE30 or slightly sharper. Nice medium brown color. A few tiny spots.
Smooth surfaces. Reverse rotated 90 degrees CCW.
1808
TWELVE STAR OBVERSE 1808 S-277
EX. DR. SHELDON, DORTHY PASCHAL-
DOUG MCHENRY-BREEN/BORCKHARDT PLATE COIN
1808 S-277 R2 MS60-f- net $12,500.00
Beautiful golden tan with faded rose, gold, and mint red. Eully original
and pristine. A tiny spot on Liberty's cheek and a few minute handling
marks, all trivial in nature. Sharply struck. Exceptionally so for this
later die state III with the heavy reverse crack and resulting weakness
of the first state. Eourth finest known of the variety. Ex. Earnest
Henderson-V/illiam Sheldon-Dorothy Paschal-Douglas McHenry-
Dennis Irving Long, Bowers & Merena 1/90:22.
1808 S-278 R3 El 5 $400.00
Tan with some ocre tone at stars 6-7. Smooth surfaces. Later state with
rim crumbling K3-4. Nice color and surfaces. Ex. PCGS VP25.
1809
1809 S-280 R2 El 5 $650.00
VE25 Dark chocolate, granular. But free of defects
1809 S-280 R2 VF30 $2200.00
Chocolate steel with .some faded tan. Good strike tor this rare date.
Reverse sharper than obverse as always. Attractive and tiee ot any
porosity or corrosion.
1810 S-283 R2 VE20 $650.(K)
Medium chocolate brown. Eew tiny handling marks. Better than average
strike.
1810 S-284 R3 El 5 .$450.(K)
Hard glossy chocolate . Ex. PCGS VP20.
1811
1811S-287 R2 VP35 $1985.(X)
AU50 Sharpness. Ebony color. Evenly mattelike surface. Eree of any
detracting marks. A coin that has seen little wear. And is attractive in its
way despite the slightly rough surface.
1812
1812 S-288 R2 VE30 $975.00
Slightly sharper medium chocolate brown. Hard, smooth surfaces.
Couple small field marks consistent with the grade. In an NGC holder
EE40.
1812 S-288 R2 EE45 LARGE DATE $2250.00
Glossy dark steel brown. There is a tiny pinprick under star 6, a couple
light rim nicks at R in AMERICA and under the wreath ribbon, and a
small patch of microscopic roughness below the line under CENT. The
surfaces are covered with attractive flowline luster. LDS.
1812 S-289 R1 VE20
VE25. Nice brown. Eew tiny pits by date.
$450.00
1812 S-291 R2+ VE20
Evenly struck. Nice brown color.
$550.00
1812 S-291 R2+ VE20+
$950.00
VF25 or slightly sharper. Light chocolate with hard smooth surfaces.
Light hairlines from rim left of 8 up to bust.
1813
1813 S-293 R2 El 5 $350.00
Medium chocolate brown. Hard smooth surfaces.
1814
1814 S-294 R1 G6 $65.00
Brown and tan. Tiny mint made clip 1 1 :30.
1814 S-294 R1 VE25 $550.(K)
VE30 Smooth surfaces. Nicely retoned. Chocolate and brown. This is
what a commercial EE looks like.
1814 S-294 R1 VE2(H $500.(K)
VE25-I- Chocolate. Smooth even surface. A nick before Liberty's chin.
A few other field marks.
1814 S-294 R1 PCCiSMS62BN $4850.(X1
Choice glossy steel brown with splashes ot reddish or rust) orange
copper in the obverse field. A single deep mark on the high cheekbone,
because it is well toned it probably happened more than a centur) ago.
Strike not precisely centered on coin, with denticles lacing in areas.
EAC AU58.
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1 1 KBAN HHAD. CROSSLKT 4. Choiec frosty golden tan with medium
brown toning on the highpoints and underlying mint luster covering the
fields. The onl\ marks are a tiny speck of dark olive toning near the
dentils above star 8 and a dull nick on the left upright of the N in CENT.
The barest hint of friction on the highest points from mint state. Excellent
eye appeal. Very choice for the grade. MDS, Breen state I. EAC AU58+.
Ex. New Netherlands Coin Co., 6/62:537-R.E. Naftzger Jr. New
Netherlands 1 l/73:6()8-Stack's 3/19/86:839.
1814 S-293 R1 EE45 $24()0.(){)
Glossy dark chocolate brown and olive with lighter steel brown toning
on the highpoints. There is a short, very light hairline scratch on the
jaw line, another on the bust tip, and a small rim nick at the bottom of
the reverse. .MDS, an arc crack through the 8 , lower curl, and star 1 1 .
Sharp and attractive.
Ex. Jackson C. Storm 8/1 /84-Bob Matthews, Superior 5/28/89:523.
1814 S-295 R1 AU55 TURBAN HEAD net $4950.00
Lustrous bluish steel brown and chocolate. The only marks are a tiny
pinprick over the right top of N in CENT and a small, very light nick
under ON in ONE. Otherwi.se choice with only a hint of rub on the
highest points. Excellent eye appeal. EDS with extensive crumbling
under the chin and an arc crack through the date and lowest curl.
MIDDLE DATES
1816
1816 N-3 R4+ VG8
VG 10 Chocolate and tan. Little bit of dirt.
$45.00
1816 N-3 R4-f FI 5
Sharpness VF20 but recolored bluish steel brown. MDS.
$375.00
1816 N-5 R3 EF40
EF45 Medium chocolate w'ith some flecks of faded tan.
scratch to right of the 6. Attractive liLstrous surfaces.
$295.00
An old small
1816 N-6 R2 AU55
$975.00
Frosty steel brown with lustrous light brown and tan in protected areas.
A very light nick under the chin and two more over the E in CENT
EDS.
1816 N-6 1/2 R2 VF35 DOUBLE PROFILE $225.00
EF40 Glossy chocolate. Some tiny field marks. Fine double profile.
1816 N-7 R3 VF30 $145.00
VF35 Glossy tan. Tiny tic on cheek.
1816 N-7 R3 AU50 $550 00
Choice lustrous brown.
1817
1817 N-1 R4 VE.JO $5.50.0()
Glossy olive brown and chocolate with lighter steel brown toning on
the highpoints and tJowline frost in the protected areas. There are a few
light nicks in the field at the forehead and a very faint hairline through
star 7. MDS, both obverse cracks clear. Ex. Stanley Chen.
1817 N-4 R3 G6 $20.(X)
Steel brown. Die break at date.
1817 N-4 VF30-L $585.00
VF35 Chocolate and tan with hard smooth and glossy surfaces. A nick
in field below and to right of star six. Strong die crack through date.
1817 N-5 R3 VF35 $340.00
Sharpness near AU50 but there are some fine hairlines on both sides
and it has been recolored frosty steel brown .
1817 N-9 R1 VF30+ $275.00
MOUSE. Lustrous steel and tan.
1817 N-9 R2 AU55 $950.00
Lustrous light steel brown with a few small splashes of reddish brown
toning under star 5 and at several places on the reverse. A pair of tiny
rim nicks under the date and a light vertical scratch right of the E in
ONE are the only contact marks. E-MDS, well before the "Mouse"
break occurs. Ex. Abe Kosoff 5/58-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 1 2/4/84: 1 568-
Herman Halpern-Stack's 3/16/88:328-Tony Terranova.
1817 N- 1 1 R I EF40-I- $390.00
EF45 Lustrous tan and brown faded from mint color. Tiny rim tic K8
obverse. Ex. Hy Halpern 3/88:335-M & G 7/30/94:18.
1817 N-12 R3 El 5 $125.00
Choice chocolate steel to olive. Hard smooth surfaces. Difficult to find.
1817 N-12 SECOND FINEST KNOWN
EX JOHN WORK GARRETT-C.DOUGLAS SMITH-
R.E. NAETZGER
1817 N-12 R3 MS60 $7500.00
Lustrous brown with traces of mint red. Exceptionally sharp strike for
this
variety that often comes flatly struck. A couple tiny marks on the reverse
and a tiny spot near star six. A beautiful cent. One of only three mint
state specimens known. Ex. John work Garrett 3/76:46-C. Douglas
Smith-R.E. Naftzger.
1817 N-16 R1 VF30 $ 350.00
15 STARS. Medium brown.
1817 N-1 7 R4-I- G6 $ 65.00
VG8 Chocolate and tan. Clean full rims. Minor granularity. Die crack
TATE.
1817 N-1 7 R4 VG7 $1250.00
REVERSE BROCKAGE. Several points sharper with some hairline
scratches on both sides, strongest at MERICA on the "normal " side.
Nice glossy chocolate brown. MD,S. The bisecting reverse crack is clear
and the right top of the lirst T in .STATIi.S has not started to rise.
F'ortunately this is an easily attributable reverse die unii|uc to the scarce
N-1 7 variety. Ex. Darwin Palmer 12/86.
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1818 N-2 R4+ EF40 $3200.00
Glossy dark steel brown and chocolate with frosty mint luster in
protected areas, especially on the reverse. There are a few trivial ticks
in the field before the face and a long, thin nick left of star 12. MDS.
The retained cud break over NITED is clearly raised over the N. Most
of the dentils on both sides show strong strike doubling from die bounce.
A very attractive example of this tough variety. Near the lower end of
the condition census. Ex. Harry DeVore-Russell Wyatt, Superior 9/30/
85;403-Dennis Mendelson, Superior 2/3/9 1 :2490March Wells, Superior
2/7/2000:1777.
1818 N-6 R1 AU55 . $495.00
Brown with lots of gold luster. Sharp strike.
1818 N-7 R1 EF45 $375.00
Slightly sharper. Minor handling marks. Choice tan faded from mint
color. Well struck. EDS.
1819
CC LEVEL 1819 N-4
1819 N-4 R3 EF40 $2500.00
Slightly sharper but nicely recolored glossy chocolate brown and steel
with mint frost in protected areas. There are a few dull, light contact
marks around stars 1-4 and a speck of reddish verdigris in the dentils
over star 6, plus a couple small nicks along the jawline. A sharp attractive
cent in spite of the minor defects. Near the middle of the condition
census. Only one example is known better than EF45, and it is in (he
ANS.
1819 N-6 R1 VF35 $175.00
Slightly sharper with a small rim bruise under star I and another at D m
UNITED. Glossy medium brown and darker chocolate, the obverse
mottled. EDS.
1819 N-6 R1 MS60 1250.00
Chocolate with splashes of olive gold. Some steel blue on the reverse.
There is a minute hairline scratch in the hair over T. Ex. Dennis
Mendelson 2/3/91 :273-JRF;720. Very scarce in mint stale. This is among
the finest.
1819 N-10 R4 VF35 $475.00
Glossy steel brown with frosty golden tan in some protected areas of
the obverse, possibly from an old cleaning but the color looks original.
There is a small spot of darker toning under the tip of the nose, a couple
light contact marks under star 8, and a barely visible rim bruise at star
1 1 . EDS, the abases of N in ONE and C in CENT gone due to excessive
die lapping. Ex. FUN Show bourse 1 /4/86-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/
29/89:744.
1819 N-10 R4 AU50 $1250.(K)
Frosty steel brown with lustrous lighter steel brown faded down from
mint color in protected areas and small splashes of darker steel brown
toning t ED, ES , and RI on the reverse and at the dentils over star 6 on
the obverse. The only contact mark is a light rim bruise under star 13.
EDS. EAC graded net AU50.
1820
1820 N-12 R3 AU58 $1150.00
Fully lustrous golden tan with some light stain to the right of the date.
1820 N-13 Rl PCGSMS64RB $975.00
LARGE DATE. Even steel brown and glossy mint color with a small
stain between the 1 1th and 12 stars. Flat stars. Cracked date through all
stars. Randall hoard. EAC grade M$63.
1821
1821 N-1 R1+ EF45 net $2950.00
Choice tan with faded gold luster. Razor sharp strike with full hair detail
even at top of Liberty's head. Hard reflective surfaces. $mall mark in
obverse field to right of star 2. Immaculate rims. Very difficult to locate
this nice. Broken from a PCGS holder AU55.
1821 N-2 EX. NEW ENGLAND HOARD
1821 N-2 R2 PCGSMS63BN net $15.500.(X)
Remarkable brilliant mint red splashed with brown, tan. and rose.
Sharply struck with all stars showing radials. A tew carbon specks and
a light scrape in the field by Liberty's coronet. One of a group ot 1821s
found in a cornerstone and auctioned by New England Rare Coin
Galleries. Ex. Gary Fitzgerald. EAC grade MS60-I-.
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hrostv light steel brown with lots of lustrous tan faded down from mint
color m protected areas. There is a small spot of darker steel toning
close o\er star 1 and a faint hairline scratch n the field right of star 4.
MDS. This is the plate coin in John Wright's The Cent Book. Ex. Ray
Chatham-R.S. Brown, Jr.. Superior 9/30/86:556.
18:: N-7 R3+ FI 5 $165.00
VF:0. Chocolate w ith smooth surfaces. A number of tiny field marks.
18:: N-7 R3+ VF25-1- $550.00
VF35 Glossy tan. A few tiny handling marks in fields. Some darkish
toning at stars 1 &2. Great eye appeal.
1822 N-8 R4 VF30+ $1850.00
Beautiful mix of tan and light brown. Reflective lustrous surfaces. Three
marks in obverse field before Liberty's face hardly worth mentioning.
Sharply struck and very choice for the grade. E-MDS. Fourth finest
known for the variety.
1822 N-9 R5 FI 2 $950.00
Sharpness VF30 and the obverse is a strong VF, but the reverse has
some surface granularity and some corrosion under bow. EDS. Very
sharp. Nice brown color.
1822 N-11 R2 AU58 $1400.00
Really mint state cent, but with a few hairlines by Liberty's neck and a
short scratch up from E in ONE. Very lustrous chocolate brown with a
full sharp strike.
1823
1823 N-2 R2 VF25 $1850.00
Choice glossy light to medium brown. Nearly flawless, a pair of tiny
nicks at D and another at S-0 can serve to help identify this piece. M-
LDS with a slightly raised retained cud break inside the dentils over
star 5. Ex. Gordon Wrubel 1978.
RARE LATE DIE STATE 1823 N-2
1823 N-2 R2 VF30 $3750.00
Glossy chocolate and light olive brown with a few small spots of lighter
brown toning at ERIC. There are a couple small nicks on the nose and
a larger one under C in CENT. Very nice for this variety. LDS with a
cud break inside the dentils from star 5 to star 6, a rare die state. Ex.
Joseph Lepczyk Auction #58, 7/27/84:107.
RARE EARLY DIE STATE 1823 RESTRIKE
1823 RF:STRIKE MS60 $1650.00
filossy reddish brown and chocolate possibly recolored but attractive.
No spots or contact marks, but the strike is soft on the upper part of the
head and lower portion of the wreath. EDS, a fine crack just starting
down into the field from the dentils over star 8. The dentil fusing and
shalh)w cud breaks at stars 4-7 have been carefully smoothed. This was
done to early strikes by the "minters" to help fcMil collectors into believing
these were real 1823 cents.
1824 N-2 R2 AU5() $12(K).(K)
Lustrous dark bluish steel brown and chocolate. The surfaces are nearly
flawless, just a couple tin, dull nicks on the rim at star 6. M-LDS. EAC
graded AU5().
1824 N-3 R2 VF3() $285. (M)
Dark olive, almost black. Hard very glossy surface having been wheeled
or lacquered. Flawless in terms of marks. Looks great.
MINT STATE 1824 N-3 EX. NORVV EB
1824 N-3 R2 MS60+ $6850.00
Frosty steel brown and chocolate with smooth satiny surfaces and
excellent mint luster. Some very faded mint red on the reverse. Virtually
pristine. The only defects are a very small spot of carbon under the
earlobe and another between the 1 and star one. LDS. This is a very
scarce date in mint state. This example ranked third or fourth finest
known of the variety. Ex. New Netherlands 1 1/56:4 10-Norweb Bowers
& Merena 11/14/88:2899.
1825
1825 N-2 R2 EF45 $1050.00
AU50. Light brown with lots of luster. A very faint hairline by rim
between stars 1 1 and 12. A very nice example of this scarce date. Ex.
Great Shal to A1 Boka.
1825 N-6 R3 EF45 $1450.00
Lustrous light chocolate. There is some minute traces of faded mint red
obverse and reverse. A faint hairline under ON of ONE. Sharply struck.
1825 N-10 R3+ VF35 $550.00
Five points sharper with too many light contact marks for the sharpness
grade, a few light nicks on the throat and jawline are the notable defects.
Glossy steel brown mottled with some light brown on the obverse. Frosty
mint luster shows in protected areas, especially on the reverse. E-MDS.
1826
1826 N-1 R2 G4 $650.00
FLIPOVER DOUBLE STRIKE, REVERSE TAB BROCKAGE. Glos.sy
chocolate brown. Undertype AME shows clearly at stars 9- 1 1 from the
initial strike, and a tab brockage at MER shows an incuse impression of
TED. It appears this cent was a tab reverse brockage that was thrown
back into the press for a final strike. A neat error.
1826 N-3 R3 FI 5 $135.00
VF20 Chocolate and tan with hard glossy surfaces. Couple nicks in
field. Nice appearance. E-MDS. Ex. EAC Sale 1981:338.
1826 N-5 EX. R.S. BROWN, ,IR.
1826 N-5 R2-I- MS60-I- $I800.(K)
Lustrous golden tan and light brown. A couple tiny ticks on the neck
and chin, plus a shallow low spot in the field left of star 9. as struck.
MDS, a small rim cud at star 6. Ex. R.S. Brown, Jr., Superii>r 9/30/
86:610.
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Sharpness closer to mint state, but there are some extremely faint
hairlines in the field under the chin and a dark spot containing very
light verdigris above the ribbon tip on the reverse. Glossy light steel
brown, the obvere blending to chocolate and olive on the lower third.
The fields are smooth with underlying mint luster. E-MDS, the obvere
slightly misaligned to K2. An attractive cent that comes with a great
pedigree. Ex. Homer K. Downing 4/48-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76-R.E.
Naftzger, Jr.- 1989 EAC Sale:279- Stuart MacDonald, Heritage 9/11/
97:5220-March Wells, Superior 2/7/2000: 1 878-Don Valenziano.
1827
1827 N-1 R2 AU55 $1750.00
Chocolate splashed with golden tan faded from mint color. Lots of luster.
A couple tiny tics on Liberty's neck. Sharply struck.
1827 N-10 R4+ G5 $150.00
Reddish brown. Smooth surfaces.
1827 N-10 R4+ VG7 $175.00
Chocolate and brown. Slightly off center.
1827 N-11 R1 MS60-I- $2200.00
Mint red fading down to steel brown, about 20% of the red remaining.
There is a tiny spot of dark olive toning at the head under star 7, another
in the hair below, and a third inside the U in UNITED. Covered with a
very thin coat of lacquer. M-LDS with crumbling at both the forehead
and nostril. The reverse is rotated 30 degrees CW. Called MS63 and
tied for CC#2 in the Bland census. Ex. Stack's (privately)- Alfred Bonard
1964-G.M. "Pat" Patterson, Kagin's 5/6/88:1 149.
1828
1828 N-3 R2 AU50 $1100.00
Choice glossy light steel brown, the reverse with some darker steel brown
overtones. A small dark olive spot right of star 3 and a tiny nick between
stars 6 and 7 the only marks. Sharp EDS, the reverse fields smooth and
hard without die clashmarks.
1828 N-4 R4 G5 $34.00
VG8 Sharper and mark free, but dark.
1828 N-6 R1 AU50+ $750.00
Lustrous tan with some mint color on the reverse. Lots of frost. Small
nick above N of ONE. A pretty problem free cent.
1828 N-10 Rl MS60-t- SMALL DATE $2350 (K)
F-aded mint red toning to light brown. Almost 50% original red color
remains. There is a small spot of reddish roughness at the center of the
neck. MDS. Ex. RJS-Superior 10/01/2000:1344.
1828 N-ll Rl MS60+ $24(K).(K)
Beautiful mix of brown, bluish .steel, and mint red. Lull sharp dentilation
with a crisp strike from an early state of these dies. A couple tiny spot at
TE of STATES. Deeply lustrous semi-prooOike fields. A premium cent,
among the six finest known examples of the variety. EDS.
1829
1829 N-1 R3 EF45+ $950.(K)
AU50+ Lustrous fields with lots of faded gold frost. Some rub on the
cheek and devices. A tiny nick to left of L in LIBERTY. Sharply struck
with full stars and dentilation.
1829 N-2 Rl EF45 $595.00
Chocolate with lots of mint frost. There is an unobtrusive scratch between
D & S reverse K9. Well centered and sharply struck.
1829 N-2 Rl AU50 $950.00
Frosty tan with some faded mint color. Fully struck. A couple tiny rim
tics over R of AMERICA.
1829 N-2 EX. NEWCOMB
1829 N-2 Rl MS60 $1950.00
Light brown and tan with some faded gold and rose on the reverse. A
few freckles of carbon. Full mint frost with a sharp even strike. All stars
show radials. A very tiny trace of rub on the obverse. Reverse fully mit
state. Listed as equal CC#4 in the census. Ex. Howard R. Newcomb,
J.C. Morgenthau 5/45:605-Floyd Starr 1/84:222.
1829 N-3 R3 VG8 SMALL LETTER REV $48.00
Medium brown mark free. Choice for the grade.
1829 N-4 R4 VGIO $85.00
El 2 Bluntly struck. Nicely retoned tan and reddish brown. Mark free
surfaces.
1829 N-5 R3+ VG8 SMALL LETTERS $42.00
Choice light brown. Smooth surfaces. Defect free.
1829 N-5 R3 El 2 $185.00
SMALL LETTERS REVERSE. FI 5. Glossy brown. Rim mark K9
reverse. Tiny scratch on neck. Sharp strike.
1829 N-7 WHEEL SPOKE RE\ EX. DENNIS MENDELSON
1829 N-7 R3 VF30 WHEELSPOKE REV $22(K).(K)
Choice mix of brown and tan in a woodgrain effect. Smooth, glossx
surfaces. A beautiful cent. Ex. Mendelson 2/3/91:847.
1829 N-9 R4 VC.8 SMALL LETTERS $48.(K)
Nice light brown. Two As filled in reverse.
1828 N-6 Rl AU50-(- $975.00
Pretty light brown with some faded mint red and gold. Lustrous surfaces.
A small scratch under star 8. Very sharply struck.
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1S30 N-2 R:+ F15 $65.00
Brown and tan. SnuKUh surfaces.
1830 N-2 R2-t- VF30 $195.00
.Nice light chcK'olate with hard smooth surfaces. Couple tiny nicks
reverse.
1831 N-10 R3 VF25 $95.(X}
VF30 Dark chocolate. Small rim mark.
1831 N-11 R2 VF35 $|65.(X)
Chocolate fields with tan devices. Nice appearance..
1831 N-14 R4- VG8 $48. (X)
Medium brown. Nice surfaces.
1830 N-5 R3 EF45-I- $2650.00
Fully lustrous beautiful light medium brown. Somewhat flatly staick
as usual. Some rub on cheek and tops of leaves, but little real wear.
Couple tics to left of star seven. Ex. Doug Bird-Bob Shalowitz.
1830 N-6 R4 VF25 SMALL LETTERS REV $975.00
Choice glossy light to medium brown. The surfaces are smooth and
virtually mark free.
1830 N-6 R4 VF35 SMALL LETTERS REV $1950.00
Attractive glossy light to medium brown with mint frost in protected
areas. There are a few very light marks in the field before the eye, a
small nick under the bust tip, and another over the O in ONE. MDS.
Fully struck, which is quite unusual for this tough variety. A very
attractive example, nearly choice. Ex. Superior 3/2/2000: 1 00.
1830 N-8 R1 VF30 $145.00
Glossy chocolate and steel brown with lighter brown in protected areas.
A nick under star 7 and a couple lighter ones on the jaw. M-LDS. Ex.
Bob Matthews 4/86-J.R. Frankenfield, Superior 2/17/01:945.
1830 N-10 R4-f VG8 $250.00
Medium brown with smooth surfaces. E-MDS.
1830 N-10 R4-(- VF30 $2950.00
Chocolate with some tan. A trace of faded color on the reverse. A few
tiny handling marks. Very nice for the grade. Ex. Bill Bright-Doug Bird-
Phil Ralls-Dennis Mendelson 2/3/9 1:403@3250-JRF:947.
1831
1832
CHOICE 1832 N-3 EX. 1917 ELDER SALE
1832 N-3 R1 MS63-f $1750.00
Beautiful light brown to tan with full radiant luster. Flawless surfaces.
Some softness of strike on the uppermost stars. Remarkable eye appeal.
Ex. George Carlton Collection-Thomas Elder, December 1917, lot 753-
Henry Hines-William Sheldon-Floyd Starr 6/84:267.
1832 N-3 EX. PARSONS-HINES-SHELDON-STARR
1832 N-3 MS63 $2250.00
Lovely mix of blue-green, brown, red and gold. Sharply struck with a
full, fine double profile from coronet to chin. Fabulous pedigree from
Henry Chapman's sale of the George Parsons sale. -June 1914 to Henry
Hines-Dr. William Sheldon-Floyd Starr lot 268.
1 83 1 N-2 R2-)- EF40 $290 00
Glossy chocolate brown and steel with a splash of darker chocolate
toning between stars 3 & 4 and a few similar splashes scattered about
the reverse. LDS with several small rim cud breaks from star 6 to star
1 1, strongest single cud reaching near the outer points of star 11.
1831 N-4 R3 VG8 $25.00
VGIO Reddi.sh brown. Smooth, but some tiny pinpricks reverse.
1831 N-4 R3 FI 5 $125.00
VF20 Brown. Hard smooth surfaces. Tiny rim mark K8 reverse.
IWI n-6 R1 aU55 ,$650.00
Very choice for the grade. Light brown with splashes of mint red. Some
rub on the cheek.
1 83 1 N-7 R 1 EF40 $225 00
Slightly sharper but there is a very light .scuff in the field under star 4
and a small rim bruise at the bottom of the reverse. Glossy dark steel
brown and chocolate. Scarce EDS without crumbling in the R of
A.VILRfCA The reverse fields are hard and slightly reflective. Ex. J.J.
Tcaparty 6/15/96- Stanley C'hen.
1832 N-3 1/2 R1 VF25 $125.00
Chocolate with hard surfaces. Nice double profile.
1833
1833 N-1 R2 AU58 $950.00
Very choice light chocolate with traces of red. Sharply struck with
virtually flawless surfaces. Just a trace of rub on Liberty's cheeks. A
beautiful one.
1833 N-3 Rl AU55 $700.00
Lustrous chocolate and bluish steel with traces of faded mint red in
protected areas on both sides. Has the luster and sharpness of a mint
state cent, but there are a few light contact marks on both sides plus a
stain of slightly darker toning at the right top of the reverse M-LDS. A
flashy attractive cent. R.S. Brown, Jr., Superior 1/27/96:586.
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1834 N-l R1 EF4() $185.00
Nice chocolate .steel.
1834 N-l R1 EF45 DOUBLE PROFILE $295.00
Light brown traces of faded red. Sharp double profile.
1834 N-l 1/2 R1 AU58 DOUBLE PROFILE $1400.00
Superb golden tan and olive, a trace of mint red. Very pretty. Ex. AJT-
R.E. Naftzger-Bowers Rariites Sale 1/8/02:178.
1834 N-2 R1 El 5 $35.00
Medium brown.
1834 N-2 R1 MS63 $1650.00
Beautiful mix of iridescent brown and red with a beautiful crescent of
gold on the obverse. Bold luster. A light double profile on lips and chin.
1834 N-3 1/2 R1 EF40 $195.00
Lustrous light brown. Few tiny tics in field. Fine double profile.
1834 N-5 R5+ VGIO $550.00
El 2 Smooth medium brown. A small bruise K8 obverse. Couple tiny
rim tics reverse. Nice color and surfaces.
1834 N-5 R5+ El 2 $950.00
LARGE 8 AND STARS. MEDIUM LETTERS. Sharpness VF20 with
traces of extremely fine granularity and light contact marks on both
sides. The only notable marks are a dull, light scratch at star 1 1 , another
on the left side of N in UNITED, and dull nicks under the I in UNITED
and inside the C in CENT. Slightly glossy dark chocolate with lighter
brown highpoints. Not perfect but not too bad for this .scarce and very
popular "Redbook" variety.
AT I RACTIVE 1834 NEVV( ()MB-5
1834 N-5 R5+ VF35 $3250.(K)
LARGE 8 & STARS, SMALL LETTERS. Slightly sharper with small
rim bruises at A in STATES and the second A in AMERICA. There are
a few light nicks on both sides, strongest under the chin. Nice glossy
chocolate brown on a smooth, corrosion free planchet (a relatively
uncommon condition for this tough variety). MDS. Not perfect but
certainly above average for this popular "Redbook" variety struck using
a pair of worn out dies.
1834 N-6 R3 VG8 LARGE DATE $38.00
Chocolate & brown.
1834 N-6 R3 • EF45 LARGE DATE $950.(K)
Nice light brown. Sharply struck with smooth, lustrous surfaces. Tiny
trace of red inside N of ONE. Minute tic above star 7. LARGE DATE.
LARGE STARS. LARGE LETTERS.
1835
1835 N-l Rl EF40 LARGE DATE $375.00
Choice glossy medium brown with frosty luster in protected areas. The
only notable mark is a short, light hairline scratch in the field under star
8. E-MDS. A very attractive cent. Ex. M & G 7/3 l/93:702-Stanley Chen.
1835 N-l R1+ AU58 LARGE DATE $850.00
Lustrous chocolate brown. Full mint frost. A tiny trace of rub. Double
Profile on lips and chin.
1835 N-l R1+ MS60+ $2200.00
Choice glossy medium brown and chocolate with generous traces of
faded mint red in protected areas. The only mark is a thin, barely visible
pre-striking planchet mark on the cheek. Otherwise a choice cent. Great
eye appeal. Nicely struck E-MDS.
FIFTH FINEST KNOWN 1835 N-3
1835 N-3 R3 VF35 $1000.00
Glossy medium brown and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth and ver\'
attractive. The only notable marks are a couple light nicks in the hair
over ER, some light ticks in the field at stars 8-10, and a faint hairline
scratch slanting through C in CENT. M-LDS. A nice cent, listed as
VF35 and tied for CC#5 in both census lists. Ex. Bowers & Ruddy-Dr.
Stanley Hockstad 9/86-Bob Matthews, Superior 5/28/89:755-.!. R.
Frankenfield, Superior 2/17/01 : 1065.
1835 N-4 R4+ VF20+ $2500.(K)
Glossy light to medium brown with some delicately woodgrained
chocolate brown on the reverse. There are some light nicks scattered
about both sides and a small splash of dark olive toning right of star 13.
E-MDS. An attractive example of this tough variety, tied for CC#5. Ex.
Superior 9/2 1 /98: 1 566-Dennis Mendelson.
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\ h.'5 Beautitul \valnut broun. Hard retlective surface. Tiny rim mark
K4 obserse.
1835 .\-6 R1 HF40+ $350.00
The obverse is glossy light brown with a frosty golden tan in protected
areas and darker steel brown highpoints. The reverse is glossy medium
brown and chwolate. Would rate a slightly higher grade , but there are
a halt dozen small spots ot dark olive toning on the obverse, plus a
couple minor nicks on the cheek. MDS. Ex. Stack's 9/ 10/46- Willard C.
Blaisdell 9/76-R.E. Naftzger, Jr. -Del Bland.
1835 N-6 EX. HINES-SHELDON-STARR-MATTHEVVS
1835 N-6 R1 AU58-(- DOUBLE PROFILE $1150.00
Lustrous light steel brown. The surfaces are satiny and virtually flawless,
just a touch of light rub on the highest points from mint state. The only
marks are a few very light nicks or planchet chips around stars 1 & 2.
LDS witha clear double profile on the forehead, nostril, lips, coronet,
IBERTY, and stars 5-1 1. A choice cent. Ex. U. S. Coin Co. 3/21/1917-
Henry C. Hines - Dr. William H. Sheldon-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 12/4/
84:1722 - Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/88:45 1 -Bob Matthews,
Superior 5/28/89:758-Chris McCawley-Dennis Mendelson, Superior 2/
3/9L476-Chris McCawley FPL #44, 9/94. A beautiful cent with a great
pedigree.
$75.00
1835 N-7 R1 VF25
.Medium tan. Few tiny marks. Double profile.
1835 N-7 1/2 AU55 $425 00
Frosty tan with a crescent of brown K2 obverse. A pretty cent. Fine
double profile. Ex. Van Cleave Sale, Kagin's l/30/86:5535-Robert
.Matthews 5/28/89:760.
1835 N-12 R4+ VF35 $1950(X)
Lovely light brown with some woodgrains of darker brown. Immaculate
rims and surfaces. Faint scratch before Liberty's neck about the only
mark worth noting. Equal sixth finest known of the variety Ex Superior
2/2/92:1204.
1835 N-13
Chocolate brown.
R4
G5
1835 N-13 R4 VG8
Medium brown. Smooth surfaces. Minor marks.
$25. (X)
$45.00
1835 N-13 R4 VF20 $225.00
Sharpness VF35 but covered with uniform extremely fine granularity.
The roughness is so tine it is mostly hidden under a rather glossy dark
olive and steel brown patina. The only mark is a sharp nick under the
ear. MDS. Ex. Superior 1/31/93:97.
1835 N-16 R2 EF40 DOUBLE PROFILE $190.00
HEAD OF 1836. Glossy medium brown with darker steel brown
highpoints and a splash of olive toning at TED. A pair of light vertical
nicks under N in CENT and small nick over E in ONE. MDS showing
a strong double profile from the forehead down to the chin plus doubling
on stars 1-2 and 1 1-13. Ex. Stanley Chen.
1835 N-18 R5- G5 $195.00
Glossy medium brown and reddish chocolate. There are a few light
hairline scratches on the face and a couple digs at the tip of the wreath
stem. G6 sharpness. Ex. Pete Boisvert-Henry T. Hettger.
1835 N-19 R5 VG8 $650.00
HEAD OF 1 836. Glossy chocolate and steel brown. A few faint hairlines,
nice for the grade.
1835 N-8 R1 EF40 $225.00
AU50-I-. Very sharp brown. Beautiful reverse, but some microscopic
pits in front of Liberty's face. Ex. B & M 1/7/93:1084.
1835 N-8 EX. HELFENSTEIN
1835 N-8 MS63 $1250 00
Light brown splashed with mint red. An exceptionally sharp strike for
this variety. Die crack from rim under 1 to R of LIBERTY. Ex. Louis
Helfenstein 8/64: 1 56-Gene Reale.
1835 N-9 R4+ G4
Brown. A few marks and lots ot wear. Scarce variety.
$45.00
1835 N-ll R5- G5
VG7 Chocolate and steel.
1835 N-ll R5- G6 $495.00
SmiKith glossy steel brown and chocolate with some woodgrain lighter
brown toning on the obverse. Relatively free of contact marks but there
is a small flake out of the planchet on the neck. LDS with a large cud
break below U and the wreath ribbon, a rare terminal die state. Very
nice for the grade.
I8V5 N-12 R4+ G5
Steel brown
$45.00
1835 N-19 R5 VF20-I- $2250.00
Close to VF25. Glossy chocolate brown with some woodgrained tan
and light brown toning on both sides and frosty flowline luster in
protected areas. The surfaces are smooth, very nice for the grade. The
only notable marks are a small nick in the field before the lips, a hairline
scratch at the dentils tips right of star 9, and a couple small pinpricks
right of the F in OF. The attribution points of this rare variety are clear
Tied for CC#5.
1836
1836 N-2 R2 MS60 $750.00
Pretty mix of brown, tan, and gold. Mark free surfaces. Ex Superior 2/
2/00:2005.
1836 N-3 R1 MS63 $750.00
Light tan and brown with some laded mint color. Tiny nick under
Liberty's eye. Otherwi.se virtually tlawle.ss. A beautiful cent.
1836 N-4 R3 EF40-t- $290.00
EF45 Choice glos.sy brown surtaces. An old worn scratch curves in
front of Liberty's face. Ex. Flyod Starr 1 2/4/84: 1 742-Dr. Tom Chalkley
l/28/90:792-Walter Dudgeon M & G 7/30/94:141.
1836 N-4 R3 MS63 $I200.(M)
Beautiful light brown with hints of sea green and rose. Virtually flawless
mark free surfaces. Semi-prooflike fields. FA. MA: G Lon Smith Sale 1/
7/95-Superior 6/1/98:401 .
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1836 N-6 R2 EF4() $25().()()
Brown with a hard glossy surface.
1837
1837 N-1 R3 MS60+ $75().()()
Light brown with traces of mint red. There is a tiny trace of carbon
above last A of AMERICA at rim. Close to mark free. Nice.
1837 N-3 Rl MS63 $550.00
Lustrous tan, sea green, and rose.
1837 N-4 R2 NGC MS66 BN $1250.00
MS63 Very lustrous light brown with some seagreen, blue steel, and
rose. A small spot of darker tone over star 5. A beautiful cent. Ex.
Halpern-JRE-Heritage ANA;5225.
1837 N-5 R2 MS64 $1500.00
PLAIN CORD SMALL LETTERS REVERSE. Beautiful mix of greens,
tan, and rose. Elawless surfaces with great luster
1837 N-10 Rl AU58 $325.00
Lustrous dark chocolate. Couple light abrasions in obverse field. Barest
trace of rub.
SUPERB N-12 ACCESSORY E
EX WYATT
1837 N-12 R3 MS63-I- $2200.00
Choice light brown with 10% mint red. Flawless surfaces with a full
sharp strike. Ex. Wyatt Collection, Superior 9/85 lot 637. Among the
finest known examples of this popular variety.
1837 N-1 3 Rl MS60 $365.00
Lustrous tan with faded red and some sea green tone reverse. Couple
small handling marks. Great eye appeal.
1837 N-1 5 R4 VF35 $350.00
Glossy brown. A pretty coin. Scarce.
1837 N-1 6 R3+ MS63 $1250.00
Lovely steel rose and brown with some mint red on the reverse. A tiny
.scratch on Liberty's cheek the only imperfection. Ex. Blaisdell- Naftzger.
1838
1838 N-4 Rl AU58 $395.(Ki
Deeply lustrous brown with virtually llawless surfaces. Later die state
with die break from rim to hair bun and lighter one from lower curl to
rim.
1838 N-4 R2 MS60 $580.(K)
Glossy light brown and chocolate with underlying mint frost.
1838 N-4 Rl MS63 $850.(X)
Beautiful golden olive with mint red clinging to the devices. Virtually
mark free. The strike is sharp and the eye appeal outstanding. LDS with
strong bisecting break.
1838 N-10 Rl VF35 $95. (K)
Medium chocolate. Early state of break at M.
1838 N-12 Rl AU50+ $275. (X)
AU55 Lustrous brown with full mint frost. Tiny lamination in front of
coronet. Ex. Walter Dudgeon, M & G 7/30/94:172.
1839
1839 N-1 R3+ VG8 1839/6 $650.00
Very nice medium brown. Smooth surfaces. Couple minor lamination
lines on the reverse.
1839 BOOBY HEAD EX. NEWCOMB-HINES-NAETZGER
1839 N-6 Rl MS60+ $2250.00
Medium chocolate brown. Virtually flawless surfaces.
BEAUTIFUL 1839 N-6 BOOBY HEAD
1839 N-6 R2 MS64 $5950.00
Beautiful tan with a faded mint red reverse. Fabulous full cartwheel
luster. There is a faint scratch under Liberty's eye. Another to right of
star eight hidden in dentils. Truly a beautiful cent. Ex. NGC holder
MS66BN.
1 839 N-8 R 1 MS60 HEAD OF 1 840 $750.00
Frosty medium chocolate brown. Mark free surfaces.
EARLY DIE STATE 1839 N-1 5
1839 N-1 5 R6- FI 2 $12(X).00
Close to VF20. Nicely cleaned and retoned light brown with reddish
brown and some darker tones on reverse. Smooth surfaces. A scrape
under star eleven. Scarcer Early Die State with the revere cracked
through EDS, but prior to the crack at STAT.
1838 N-1 Rl VF30 $58.00
Medium chocolate. Smooth surfaces.
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1S40 N-1 R2 MS60 SMALL DATE $ 750.00
Lustrous tan and golden light brown. A small spot ot darker olive toning
m the field under the throat is the only notable mark. M-LDS, state b.
The repunehing at the base of the 8 is gone. Tied for CC#5.
1840 N-2 R2 EF40+ $275.00
SMALL 8 0\ ER LARGE 8. Sharply struck medium brown.
1840 N-5 R1 MS63 $1750.00
Frosty brown with about 10% mint red on both sides. There are a few
trivial contact marks on the cheek and obverse field, but over all quite
clean and attractive. M-LDS with the small obverse rim cuds. Equal
second finest known. Finest of the die state. Ex. Wes Rasmussen,
Superior/M & G 2/8/98:7.
1840 N-7 R2 AU58 LARGE DATE $595.00
Sharpness mint state but recolored glossy golden tan and light brown
with overtones of reddish brown. A single tiny tick on the jawline;
otherwise free of marks. LDS, state c. There are small rim cud breaks
from under star 13 clockwise to star 2. Ex. Dr. Thomas S. Chalkley
Superior 1/28/90:870.
1841
1841 N-6 R| AU55 $550.00
Sharpness mint state but expertly recolored glossy medium brown. The
color IS attractive and appears quite natural. The only mark is a nick on
the bust tip. E-MDS, state b. The obverse die lines are clear, but the
reverse lines at TE in STATES and ER in AMERICA are dull and barely
visible.
1841 N-6 R1 MS60 $650.00
Pretty golden tan and faded rose. Tiny nick to right of Liberty's nose.
Great eye appeal.
THIRD FINEST NEWCOMB-7
1841 N-7 R2 MS63 $4500.00
Lu.strous steel brown with delicate overtones of bluish steel and 30% of
the original mint red, mostly on the reverse. There is a shallow planchet
void on the rim at star4 and a barely visible nick on star 1 1 . Otherwise
virtually flawless. The surfaces are covered with satiny luster and the
eye appeal is excellent. MDS, state b. The hub defects under the date
are weak, but still visible, and the lines under star 13 are gone. A faint
crack extends down from star 8 into the field below. Third finest known.
Ex. .'Vlichael Graham - Doug Bird.
1842
1842 N-3 R3 MS62 LARGE DATE $1275.00
Imstrous steel brown with delicate overtones of bluish steel and 5% of
the mint red, mostly on the reverse. Would rate a slightly higher grade
but there is a shallow planchet flake in the field over the tip of the nose,
as struck, and a small spot of dark olive toning, ( not carbon) at the
dentils over star 9. .M-I.IXS, state b. The obverse fields are covered with
light die fiowlmes. C(’#3. E:x. Tony Terranova 4/87-Doug Bird-Gary
Ruttenberg. .Mi C awley & Grellman Auctions 8/19/95:286.
1843 N-2 Rl AU55 ,$425.(K)
Frosty steel brown and chocolate with mint luster in the protected areas.
The only notable mark is a tiny speck of carbon at the dentils under the
1. LDS, die state c, with clear rim cud breaks at UNI, the one at UN
especially strong. Newcomb's old #7.
MOSTLY RED NEVVCOMB-3
1843 N-3 R3-I- MS64 $4650.00
Mint red delicately toning down to steel brown on the highpoints, more
than half the red remaining. There are a half dozen small spots of very
light carbon on the obverse, strongest spot near the hair under the right
side of star 7. A beautiful, original mint state cent that would grade a bit
higher if not for the minor spots. LDS, state c. The lines over ER are
gone. Tied for finest known honors with one other example. Comes
with an outstanding pedigree as well. Ex. Howard R. Newcomb:730-
Floyd T. Starr, Stacks 6/13/84:426-Denis Loring-Herman Halpern,
Stack's 3/16/88:554-R.E. Naftzger, Jr, 1990 EAC Sale:292-Manuel
Ahumada 3/97-Chris McCawley 12/97.
MS60+ $ 1 25().()()
Lustrous light bluish steel brown with 5% of the original mint red
remaining. There are a few light contact marks on the cheek and field
off the chin. A shallow planchet flake on the rim at star 5 and a few
more on the rim at TED-ST, all as struck. MDS, state b. CC#5. Removed
from an NGC slab graded MS65BN. Ex. Anderson Dupont. Stack's 9/
24/54:837-Gene Reale. Sotheby's l/15/98:69-Siiperior 6/1/98:488.
MOSTLY MINT RED NEWCOMB-4
1843 N-4 Rl MS63 $1950.00
PETITE HEAD WITH REVERSE OF 1844. Slightly faded mint red
toning down to light steel brown on the highpoints, about 70% of the
red remaining. The only contact mark is a very tiny tick on the cheek.
Would grade a couple points better, but there are three carbon spots on
the reverse: one on the A in STATES, another right of the top of E in
ONE. and one on the leaf under T in CENT. Otherwise this cent is
outstanding. LDS, state c. the rim cud under 1 is clear and additional
very tiny cuds also show under the 8 & 4. This Newcomb's old #13. Ex.
Chris McCawley prior to 6/89.
1843 N-ll R2- AU55 $950. 00
Lustrous light steel brown with overtones of bluish steel covering the
reverse hints ot very faded mint red on the reverse. There is a tiny nick
on the top of the ear and a small planchet flake in the field over star 2,
as struck. M-LDS, complete. Removed from an NG(' slab graded
MS65BN. F;x. .I.R.. ITankenfieid. Superior 2/1 7/01 : 1 2bd.
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1843 N-12 R2 MS65 net $4500.00
Nearly full original mint red just starting to mellow a bit, about 90% of
the mint color remaining on the obverse, more on the reverse. There is
a streak of steel brown toning from star 1 to star 6 and a splash of steel
toning over the 1 in AMERICA, plus very faint traces of an old
fingerprint at stars 2-3. No carbon spots or notable signs of contact.
EDS, state a. The fine die lines are sharp, including the ones over ERIC.
CC#I. An impressive, original mint red PETITE HEAD cent. Ex.
Erench's 10/28/48:40-Dr. Ken Sartoris-Del Bland 5/72-R.S. Brown Jr,
Superior 9/30/86:968.
1844
THIRD FINEST 1844 NEWCOMB-1
1844 N-1 R1 MS63 net $2850.00
Bright mint red toning down to light steel brown, nearly half the original
mint color remaining. Would rate a slightly higher grade, but there is a
dull nick Just right of the lower lip, microscopic specks of carbon around
star 1 3, and traces of an old fingerprint on the lower right portion of the
reverse. M-LDS, state d. The reverse is now cracked through the tops
of UN to the dentils off the ribbon tip. The small rim cuds under the
date and star 13 do not show due to a slight shift in the alignment and
the beveled rims found on the later states of the variety. CC#3. Ex.
Myles Z. Gerson-Denis Loring-Kenny Goldman 7/24/80-R.E. Naftzger,
Jr 199()EAC Sale:3()3.
1844 N-2 R2 AU5() S6()0.(K)
44/81 INVERTED. Eustrous olive steel brown. Decent strike.
1844 N-4 R1+ AU55 $ 55().(K)
Frosty medium .steel brown with 5% of the mint red remaining, mostly
on the reverse. A few trivial contact marks on both sides, none notable.
EDS, state d. There is a fine crack through the tops of MERI. The coronet
tip is softly struck. Ex. McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/8/94:457.
, LATE DIE STATE 1847 N-7 CC#4
1844 N-7 R2+ MS6()-t- $14()().{)()
Glossy steel brown and chocolate with traces of old fingerprints on the
obverse and generous amounts of underlying faded mint red on the
reverse. There are a few light nicks on the chin, neck, and in the field
over the bust tip, plus a dull nick on the rim under the second 4. The
reverse is choice. EDS, state c, with a clear rim cud break at star 1 .
CC#4. Ex. J.R. Grellman 2/92-R.S. Brown, Jr.
1845
1845 N-2 R1 MS63 $575.00
Highly lustrous bluish steel brown with 5% of the mint color remaining.
There is a small splash of reddish brown toning under .star 5 and a barely
visible dull rim nick right of star 10. Sharply struck E-MDS, state a.
Tied for CC#2. An attractive cent.
1845 N-7 R5 NGC MS64 $1650.00
Light olive brown with some traces of faded red. A couple tiny nicks on
throat. This is the J.R. Frankenfield coin lot 1300 there called AU50. It
has since been "brushed up" and has enough luster to merit AU55. In
any case, has some rub on the obverse. Though also still clearly second
finest known of the variety with only a single mint state example know n.
M-LDS.
1845 N-8 R1 MS63 $750.00
Mint red fading down to steel brown and chocolate, nearly half the
original red remaining. There is an extremely faint scuff in the field
over star 1 , a tiny tick over star 4, and another on the cheek right of the
nostril. These marks are barely visible, even with a glass. Nicely struck
EDS, state a. Tied for CC#8. Ex. J.R. Frankenfield, Superior 2/17/
01:1302.
1846
1846 N-8 R1 MS60 $350.(XI
Glossy bluish steel brown with attractive satiny mint luster. There are
two light nicks just right off the nostril and a couple tiny specks ot dark
toning under star 8. Nicely struck E-MDS, state a. The lines at the throat
and N in ONE are clear but not as sharp as on the earlier example. Ex.
Del Bland 2/87-Gary Ruttenberg, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 8/
19/95:350.
1846 N-1 5 R4+ EF45 S775.(K)
Sharpness close to mint state hut recolored glossy light brow n and golden
tan. There is a tiny vertical nick in the middle of the cheek and traces of
extremely fine roughness on the reverse. Sharply struck MDS, state c.
The section over UNITE has shifted outward slightly with the veiiical
cracks at U & E strong. Would benefit from a proper rccoloring. CT'#5.
Ex. Chris McCawley 1/89-J.R. 1-rankcnfield. Superior 2/17/01:1343.
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IS47 N-1 r: ALf55 $35().()()
Sharpness virtually mint state but there is a tine hairline scratch across
the cheek. Glossy steel brow n w ith frosty tan in the protected areas. M-
l.DS, state c, w ith the repunching at the 4 no longer reaching up to the
crossbar. Repunching is still clearly visible at the left base of all 4 digits,
however. .A bit softly struck on the shoulder and opposing portion of the
wreath under ES-OF. E.x. R.S. Brown, Jr. Superior 6/1/98:546.
1847 \-19 R1 MS60 $490.00
Glossy light steel brow n w ith 5-10% of the original mint red. There are
traces ot an old fingerprint on the left side of the obverse and a thin,
very light nick in the field right of star 4. LDS, state b late. The swelling
in the obverse fields is quite obvious and only the stronger die lines
remain visible on the reverse. Tied for CC#5 with many other pieces.
Ex. 1988 FUN Bourse J.R. Grellman 7/95.
1848
1848 N-9 R1 MS64 $1450.00
Beautiful light brown with substantial mint red. Fully lustrous with a
sharp strike and mark free surfaces. Ex. Wes Rasmussen.
1848 N-21 R4- AU50 $450.00
Choice frosty light steel brown and tan with traces of faded mint red on
both sides. There are a few tiny ticks on the cheek and a couple faint
hair-lines between stars 6 & 7. Otherwise very nice. E-MDS, state b.
1848 N-27 R2 MS60 $575.00
Glossy tan and light brown with underlying mint luster in protected
areas and steel brow n toning on the highpoints. A small spot of reddish
toning over star 7 is the only notable mark. MDS, state e, with a crack
from ST to the dentils over A, but without the crack through RICA to
the dentils off the .stem tip. Ex. Homer K. Downing-unknown-Stack's
3/98:93.
1848 N-28 R1 MS60 $595.00
Glossy light to medium steel brown with traces of mint red on the
obverse. 10% remaining on the reverse. There is a thin, very faint scuff
in the field under star 5, two nicks in the field left of star 1 1 , a spot of
darker olive toning on the curl at star 13, and another spot on the right
base of the first A in AMERICA. E-MDS. state b. The lines from ON^o
E are still visible, as is the dull line joining the tops of S-0. A ring of
shallow low spots encircles the obverse at the dentil tips, as struck, and
fine die lapping lines covers the obverse fields. Ex. Chris McCawley-
Joe V. Dooley, McCawley & Grellman Auctions I/I 1/97:547.
1849
1849 N-2 R2 EF45 $295.00
Ten points sharper but recolored glossy steel brown with underlying
reddish steel brown toning on the obverse. There is a splash of darker
chocolate brown toning in the field over star 12 and planchet chips at
TE in UNITED and OF. as truck. E-MDS, state g (old state d). Crumbling
joins berry 3 to leaf 4 but the C in CENT is not crumbled to berry 2. ^
F-.x. Stack's 1/3/93: 1314 (misattributed as N-3).
I HIRI) FINEST NE\VC()MB-3
1849 N-3 R4 MS62 .$2000.(K)
Close to MS63. Frosty steel brown with bluish steel overtones and 5%
ot the mint color remaining. There is a tiny tick on the cheek right of
the nostril, a speck of carbon on the tip of the chin, and a faint stain of
darker steel toning on the rim over star 5. The fields are satiny and
lustrous. M-LDS, state q (old d late), with crumbling on the left ba.se of
I in UNITED, but without crumbling Joining the O in ONE to leaf 7 (to
the left). CC#3. Removed from a PCGS slab graded MS63RB. Ex. Tom
Reynolds-Wayne Anderson 4/23/94-Wes Rasmussen, Superior 2/8/
98:256.
1849 N-7 R4 AU50 $495.00
Frosty steel brown and chocolate with traces of mint red in protected
areas of the reverse. The only marks are a tiny rim nick under star 13
and another at ME, plus a small, very light rim bruise at the second T in
STATES. LDS, state f The date digits are very thin due to die lapping,
the obverse fields are covered with fine roughness from die rust, and
the reverse is missing only the small crumble at berry #4 to be the latest
state. Tied for CC#7 overall but equal to the finest known of this die
state. Ex. Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/89: 148 1-R.S. Brown, Jr.,
Superior 6/1/98:616.
1849 N-8 R2 AU58 $975.00
SO-CALLED OVERDATE 9 OVER 8. Mint state sharpness but the
outer edge of the rim at ME is incomplete, probably as struck. Frosty
bluish light steel brown with generous traces of faded mint red on the
obverse, a dull nick on the curl tip over the 8 is the only notable mark.
LDS, state d with the lines at stars 2-4 gone and the reverse legend
starting to sink, strongest on the right side. The rims are not beveled.
Ex. Bill Noyes-Doug Bird 2/88-Gary Ruttenberg, McCawley &
Grellman Auctions 8/19/95:51 1.
SCARCE EARLY STATE N-22
1849 N-22 R1 MS60 $850.00
Recolored glossy light olive and medium brown with reddish chocolate
undertones on the obverse. There is a tiny speck of carbon in the field
close to the chin and a couple ticks in the field below, plus a small spot
of reddish toning in the field left of star 1 1 . Sharp EDS, state a early.
The obverse and reverse die lines are crisp and the fields are slightly
prooflike. Not in the overall condition census, but finest of the earliest
state. Ex. Stack's 4/27/88:2304.
CHOICE 1849 N-22
1849 N-22 Rl MS63-(- $145().()()
Choice lustrous light brown and tan with hints of underlying very faded
mint color on the obverse. The surfaces are covered with attractive satiny
mint luster. There is a small spot of darker steel toning in the field off
the chin and a slightly larger but fainter one in the field left of star 1 1 .
M-LDS, state c. The obverse fields are slightly prooflike and covered
with fine die lapping lines. Common but attractive. Ex. Larry Whitlow
l/9()-R.E. Naftzger, Jr.-J.R. Grellman-AI Boka- M & G Auctions, 8/19/
95:539-R.S. Brown, Jr.
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1849 N-24 R3 AU5() $ 1 ()()().()()
Glossy medium brown and chocolate. There is a tiny tick on the chin, a
horizontal nick over the left top of T in CENT, and a small patch of
darker steel toning over the E in AMERICA. Extremely rare terminal
die state (TDS), state d, with a strong rim cud break from right of star
12 down to below star 13. CC#3 overall but second finest of only 7
known in the terminal state, and most of those are in low grade. A very
attractive and important cent. Ex. Bob Vail, Superior 9/7/97:788.
1849 N-28 R3 AU55 $550.00
Choice glossy medium brown. The surfaces are smooth and virtually
flawless except for a faint hairline scratch from the lips to the dentils
over star 3. EDS, state a, with the reverse die lines sharp. Tied for CC#5.
R.S. Brown, Jr., Superior 6/1/98:636.
1850
1850 N-2 R1 AU58 $295.00
Very close to mint state, just a bit of rub on the highest points and a
couple light marks on the edge, not rim. Glossy light to medium brown
with frosty mint luster in protected areas. MDS, state d. Cracked as in
state c, but both dies have been lapped. The obverse die lines are gone
and only the strong lines at NE and ENT remain. Ex. Chris McCawley
9/96.
EQUAL FINEST KNOWN N-3
1850 N-3 * R3 MS63-I- $1550.00
Frosty mint red mellowing to light steel brown, at least half the red
remaining. Would rate a higher grade except for a speck of light carbon
at the dentils over star 1 1 and another in the dentils over the right top of
the second T in STATES. E-MDS, state a late. The line left of star2 and
the ones over MER are faint but visible. Tied for CC#1 . Removed from
an NGC slab graded MS64RB. Ex. 1994 EAC Sale:522.
1850 N-5 R4-I- AU50 $290.00
Glossy medium brown and olive. Would rate a slightly higher grade,
but the surfaces are a bit dull, not as glossy as usual for this grade. No
marks or other defects. MDS, state b early, with slight roughness in the
fields from die flowlines. The vertical line down from the inner hairbun
is clear. (Note: Examples with smooth fields, state a, are very rare).
Tied for CC#6. Ex. G. Les Dawson, McCawley & Grelhnan 1/1 1/97:586.
GEM MOSTLY RED N-15
1850 N-15 R2 MS65 $1400.00
Slightly faded mint red mellowing to steel brown on the highpoints,
nearly two-thirds of the mint color remaining. No spots or fingerprints.
The only marks are a very tiny tick on the tip of the chin, a dull, very
light scuff on the rim at star 5, and another on the rim at star 10. Sharp
EDS, state a. The lines over star 5 are sharp and the reverse points clear.
Tied for CC#2 with 3 other pieces. Ex. Superior 5/3 l/92;639-Wayne
Anderson 3/94.
1850 N-20 R6 EF45 $2250.00
Choice frosty light steel brown with mint luster covering the protected
areas. Virtually free of contact marks. A very small planchet clip, as
struck, weakens the dentils over star 6 and offers the best way to identify
this cent. E-MDS, state a. The die polish line at RIC is sharp. Tied for
CC#2. Ex. Doug Strain.
EQUAL FINEST 1850 NEWC()MB-26
1850 N-26 R5- MS64 $2850.(K)
Highly lustrous bluish light steel brown with a third of the mint red
remaining, mostly on the reverse. There is a very faint vertical hairline
scuff in the field before the face and a small spot of slightly darker
toning over star 10. E-MDS, state a late. The line over UN just reaches
to above the left edge of the right top of the N. an attractive cent, tied
for CC#1 with one other example. Removed from an NGC slab graded
MS66RB. Ex. Tom Reynolds 1/12/92-Wes Rasmussen. Superior 2/8/
98:3 16-Martin Paul, Superior 5/31/99:1583.
1851
1851 N-5 R2+ . MS63 $650.00
Lustrous steel brown with faded mint red covering about a third of the
surfaces. The only marks are a few very tiny specks from an old
fingerprint around star 2. MDS, state a. The obverse is uncracked and
the fields are lightly flowlined. The lower half of the neck is covered
with a shallow low spot, as struck. Tied for CC#3. Ex. Dr. Bob Shalowitz
2/1/88.
1851 N-19 R3 MS62+ $600.00
Highly lustrous bluish light steel brown with 1 5% of the red remaining.
Choice except for a light vertical nick in the center of the cheek and a
small tick on the rim right of star 12. E-MDS, state c. The die lines
down to the right in the field under the chin are dull but visible. There
are cracks through star 4 passing across the face to star 9 and another
from star 1 to the chin and up where it joins the first crack before the
eyelash. An attractive cent. Tied for CC#5. Ex. Denis Loring-Ken
Goldman-Herman Halpern, Stacks 3/1 6/88:667-Wes Rasmussen.
Superior 2/8/98:343.
1851 N-25 R3 AU58 $480.00
Lustrous steel brown with excellent eye appeal. There is a touch of
light rub on the highest points and a small rim nick just over star 2.
LDS, state b. The lines at the throat are gone and the fields are flowlined
and a bit wavy. Ex. Del Bland ll/73-Myles Z. Gerson 1/3/80-R.S.
Brown, Jr, Superior 9/30/86: 1 287-Walter Dudgeon- M & G Auctions
7/30/94:403.
1851 N-29 R2 EF40 $95.00
Sharpness at least 5 points better with a small spot of carbon on star 6
and a dull rim bruise at O in OF. Glossy light olive and steel brown. M-
LDS, state c. The line at the throat is gone. Ex. M & G 9/19/92.
1851 N-29 R2 MS63 $1250.00
Lustrous bluish steel with 10-15% slightly faded mint red. mostly on
the reverse. The surfaces are covered with attractive satiny mint luster.
The only defects are a small depression on the rim at star 7 and a thin
lamination on the outer edge of the rim at star 1 1 . both as struck. MDS.
state b. The line under the first 1 is gone and the one at the throat is dull
and barely visible. CC#4. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS66BN.
Ex. Ron Czwakiel, Superior 10/1/00:1466.
1851 N-30 R2 AU58 $275.(K)
Sharpness mint state hut dipped long ago. now retoncd a frosty light
golden brow n and tan w ith a couple small specks of darker oli\ e toning
on both sides, strongest single spot at the dentils left of star 6. No contact
marks and the highest points are free of any friction, MDS. state b. The
obverse die has been lapped to reduce roughness.
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IS51 N-33 R5 MS63 $1250.00
Mighlv lustrous bluish steel brown with traces of faded mint red on
K.>th sides. The surfaces are satiny and virtually flaw less. The only marks
are a very tiny tick on the rim at star5 and another on the rim under the
first 1 A choice, very attractive cent. MDS. state b. The line under the
first 1 is gone but the base shows fine doubling along its entire length.
The fields are covered w ith light flow lines and the shallow lump in the
field between .stars 3 & 4 is stronger. Tied for CC#2. Removed from an
NGC slab graded MS65BN. Ex. M & G 8/19/95:623.
1852
1852 N-7 R1 AU50 REPUNCHED DATE $190.00
Sharpness very close to mint state but cleaned, now retoned a lustrous
golden light tan. a speck of carbon on the throat and two others under
star 8 are the notable marks. E-MDS, state a. Repunching is clear on all
4 digits and the fields are covered with microscopic flowlines.
Ex. Stacks 5/2/68:376.
1852 N-8 R1 MS64+ $1650.00
Superb mostly faded red with brilliant proof-like surfaces. The fields
are mirrored like a proof and the strike is quite sharp but this is a business
strike. A beautiful cent with no distractions.
MOSTLY RED 1852 N-11
1852 N-11 R1 MS64-t- $1250.00
Bright original mint red mellowing to light steel brown on the highpoints,
85% of the red remaining. Would qualify as a solid gem cent except for
a thin nick on the jawline near the earlobe. Still an impressive, nearly
full red cent. MDS. Tied for CC#2.
1853
1853 N-13 Rl AU58 REPUNCHED 1 $ 245.00
Mint state sharpness but recolored glossy bluish steel with underlying
very faded red in the protected areas. No spots or other defects. MDS,
state b early. The points to the left from E in CENT are gone and the
fields are slightly rough from flowlines. (Note: Pieces with the points
from E, state a. are quite .scarce.) Ex. Dean Rodina, M & G 9/13/97:340.
1854
1854 N-2 Rl MS60 $365.00
Glos.sy bluish steel brown with 15-20% of the red remaining. Would
rate a slightly higher grade but there is a strong carbon spot on the
second A in A.MERICA and a smaller one at T in LIBERTY. Otherwise
nice. f>MDS, state a late. The line and lump at N in ONE are weaker
but still visible. The coronet over LIB is weakly struck, as usual, and
there is a shallow low spot (from crud on the die) in the field left of .star
1 2. Tied for CC#7 with many other pieces. Ex. McLaughlin & Robinson
Auction #4360:635.
1854 N-IO R2-I- M,S6() $350.(K)
Glos.sy light bluish steel brown with traces of underlying faded mint
red on both sides, especially on the obverse. Would rate a higher grade
except for a half dozen small pinpricks over NE in ONE. Otherwise
this cent is choice. MDS, state d, with fine cracks from the bust through
star 1 to star 2 and another from the lowest curl through stars 1 3 & 12
faintly to the dentils right of star 11. The reverse cracks are stronger
and the line from T in UNITED is faint but visible. There is a shallow
low spot covering most of the neck and a small areas over NE in ONE.
Ex. Doug Bird 12/94.
1854 N-12 R2 MS60 REPUNCHED 1 $375.00
Frosty bluish light steel brown with at least 15% of the original mint
red remaining. No spots or contact marks, but both sides have significant
low spots (from crud on the dies) that blunt most of the portrait and
area inside the wreath. In addition, there is a small but obvious planchet
flake in the field between star 3 and the chin. Otherwise the surfaces
and luster are very attractive. MDS, state b early. The dash under the 1
is dull, but visible and most of the lines from the dentils under 54 and
star 13 are gone, although some faint remnants remain under the right
side of the 4. The fields are slightly rough from fine flowlines. Removed
from an NGC slab graded MS62RB. Ex. Doug Bird 1/97.
SQUARED RIM PROOE 1854 N-12
1854 N-12 R2 PROOF 60+ $4950.00
Brown with a few splashes of faded red. Hard reflective surfaces. Broad
squared rim with a full sharp strike. Unlike the often encountered
"dished" rim proofs. This is clearly an authentic proof example. Every
star and every dentil sharply impressed. In an NGC holder PF63BN.
1854 N-20 R3 MS6() STRAY 1 IN DENTILS $295.00
Glossy light steel brown with underlying frosty mint luster. Would rate
a slightly higher grade if not for a splash of very light reddish brown
verdigris on the stem end. There are two tiny nicks over star I and a
light nick on the rim at CA in AMERICA. E-MDS, state a. The diagonal
line at the throat is weak, but visible and the fields are satiny from fine
flowlines. The stray 1 in the dentils is clear. Tied for CC#6. Removed
from a PCGS slab graded MS63BN. Ex. Cliff Kolbus, M & G 7/31/
93:40 1 -Gary Ruttenberg, M & G Auctions 8/19/95:741.
CHOICE MOSTLY RED N-26
1854 N-26 R3+ MS63+ $2950. 00
Slightly mellowed mint red fading to light steel brown on the highpoints,
more than two-thirds of the red remaining. There is a horizontal nick on
the throat and a faint, thin scuff at the bust tip, plus a speck of carbon at
the dentils over star 4, under star 6, and over the left top of O in ONE.
MDS, state a. The flowlines are slightly stronger and the fields are .satiny.
(Note: This variety does not have a state b. Only minor changes occur
in the roughness and flowlines during the marriage.) CC#2.
1855
1855 N-11 PROOF 60+ SLANT FIVES .$4750.00
Nicely mirrored tan with a few faint hairlines, but no flaws. Very sharply
struck Irom proof only dies. A very nice example.
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1855 N-13 R2 EF45 $165.00
Nice glossy medium brown. The only defect is a small, very light rim
bruise off the stem tip. LDS, state b late. The lapping lines from E in
ONE are barely visible and UNITED STA are weak and sinking. Ex.
Tom Reynolds 10/82.
1856
1856 N-2 R1 AU55 $285.00
Glossy medium brown with mint frost in protected areas. A tiny rim
nick at M and another under the stem end are the only defects. MDS,
state c early, with sharp vertical lapping lines covering the fields on
both sides, with a strong single line up from the upper point of star 4 to
the dentils left of star 5. The lapping has smoothed the fields and
weakened all the cracks, but they are still present. Ex. Chris McCawley
8/98.
MINT RED 1856 N-8
1856 N-8 R1 MS65 $1550.00
Brilliant full mint red with only the most minor traces of carbon flecking
on the reverse. Sharply struck with virtully flawless surfaces.
1856 N-13 R1 VE35 $75.(Ki
Glossy medium brown and chocolate. A light diagonal nick close under
star 7 and a few minor marks of no consequence elsewhere on the
obverse. Scarce EDS, state a, with continuous lines joining the N's in
ONE CENT. There is a shallow low spot in the field oft the brow lock
and another from star 10 down nearly to .star 12 and reaching over to
the main curl. Ex. M & G Auctions 1/6/96:669.
BLAZING RED 1856 N-14
1856 N-14 R1 MS64 $1750.(K)
Blazing mint red just starting to mellow on the highest points, at least
90% of the original mint color remaining. A tiny speck of light carbon
in the hair over the R is the only notable defect. A bit softly struck over
LIB and at stars 5-7 as nearly always seen on this die variety, and this
weakness causes some of the tiny planchet imperfections to remain
visible in the field at stars 5-8. Common in mint state, but very rare
with this much original mint red. Tied for CC#2. Removed from a PCGS
slab graded MS65 RE
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INTRODUCTION
We have just concluded our eighth Colonial Coin Club Convention sale. I think it was a success by any measure. We were especially pleased
this vear to otter the Jess Patrick Collection of Connecticut coppers. A number of Jess's coins brought remarkable prices. The unique 1 787 M.33. 1 2-210,
lot 14d. brought $24,200! Lot 166, the 1787 M 33.3 1-992 (AU50), brought $10,450. The Ryder 39, 1788 M. 1-1, lot 208, brought $ 12,650 and just after
It lot 213, 1788 .\1,8.K brought over $12,(XK). Many of the Connecticut rarities brought very strong prices. We also offered as lot 534, the semi-unique
1783 Georgius Triumpho/ counterfeit Danish West Indies XXlll Skilling Mule. It brought $8800 as lot 534. Listed below is a full listing of prices
realized. Items bought back by the consignor, withdrawn, or otherwise not sold are listed as O. The hammer price without the 10% buyer's fee is listed.
The entire sale (with buyer's fee included) brought $320,485! Thank you to all consignors, bidders, and all C-4 members!
2002 C-4 Sale 16 Nov 2002
Total Bids ( 291350.00)
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Bid
Lot
Bid
Lot
Bid
Lot
Bid
Lot
Bid
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Bid
Lot
Bid
1
1700
61
80
121
1300
181
200
241
35
301
160
361
250
2
800
62
325
122
70
182
450
242
90
302
100
362
0
3
325
63
120
123
130
183
50
243
350
303
85
363
425
4
1100
64
0
124
180
184
40
244
525
304
1200
364
200
5
4550
65
575
125
1300
185
155
245
125
305
0
365
120
6
2900
66
550
126
90
186
2500
246
60
306
185
366
850
7
2700
67
500
127
200
187
40
247
50
307
0
367
750
8
235
68
210
128
80
188
40
248
170
308
200
368
350
9
110
69
500
129
80
189
100
249
160
309
225
369
425
10
825
70
50
130
600
190
90
250
35
310
325
370
230
11
300
71
205
131
250
191
110
251
300
311
90
371
500
12
525
72
140
132
240
192
80
252
215
312
0
372
250
13
300
73
50
133
200
193
80
253
6500
313
1700
373
0
14
240
74
1050
134
200
194
325
254
575
314
70
374
500
15
110
75
375
135
170
195
300
255
500
315
425
375
225
16
250
76
80
136
80
196
7500
256
70
316
1000
376
170
17
750
77
180
137
400
197
60
257
110
317
850
377
675
18
100
78
2200
138
130
198
350
258
50
318
145
378
450
19
500
79
80
139
800
199
100
259
275
319
3600
379
250
20
225
80
110
140
100
200
850
260
1700
320
150
380
180
21
1100
81
650
141
40
201
800
261
475
321
385
381
250
22
250
82
250
142
40
202
300
262
110
322
90
382
900
23
300
83
200
143
1100
203
300
263
60
323
275
383
200
24
1450
84
4250
144
50
204
40
264
110
324
120
384
80
25
110
85
80
145
900
205
80
265
180
325
225
385
160
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I he (ireat Float Trip
The summer after 1 turned 16 my family camped at llodson Mill
on the S\camore River near St. Petersburg, Missouri for two weeks.
The wcasion was the 4 state family reunion. The reunion included people
from manv more than 4 stales. But if you were from Missouri, Te.xas,
.Arkansas, or Oklahoma and you were kin you better be there or in the
care ot a physician or mortician. In fact there were relatives from at
least 12 states. Oh, and the term family meant just about anybody who
even had met a Bennet or Snow and knew them well enough to call
them by their hrst name. It was a grand gathering. Mostly we hiked,
tished, played horseshoes, and just generally goofed off. At night we
sat around the tire and listened to the old people tell stories.
The highlight ot the reunion was an 8 mile float trip down the
Sycamore River. Seven of us: my cousins. Jay, Lloyd, Harol, and Denton
(all brothers), myselt, and cousins Lonnie (Uncle Edgar's daughter,
Jessie's boy,w ho was really only 1 3 or .so, young to be going along with
the "men".) and Kim, Aunt Dorothy's son. I eventually came to know
Aunt Dorothy wasn't any relation by blood to me at all, just a friend of
my aunt Coleen's who Colleen played basketball with on the Te.xas
Basket Belles in the 1950s. But that was close enough for me to call her
Aunt Dorothy tor 15 years. It just goes to show. Just about anybody
was just a couple bounce passes away from being considered family by
the Bennets. The term "cuz" covered a lot of ground.
On the morning of the great float trip Me, Kim, Lonnie and the 4
brothers: Jay, Harol, Lloyd, Denton, rode in the back of their mom ( my
aunt) Vivian's pickup along with 8 patched and overinflated black tire
inner tubes. Aunt Colleen drove us to a spot about 8 miles upstream
while Aunt Vivian rode on the passenger side glancing back occasionally
to confirm no tubes or nephews had been blown or bounced out of the
back of the truck. We had come well prepared. Each of us wore a
uniform of cut off jeans, T-shirts, and tennis shoes. Denton wore a white
sleeveless T-shirt over a faded blue USMC T-shirt. We wore shoes so
we could walk across rocks or push off against logs without cutting our
feet. The T-shirts were to avoid sunburn. This was before the days of
sunscreen and Coppertone was so far as I could tell foreign to the Ozarks.
As we ea.sed ourselves and our tubes into the river Aunt Colleen
shouted after us, "You boys don't do anything too stupid." Then Vivian
added, " And stay away from Minnick's this year!"
This float trip was lined out to be pretty easy work it seemed to
me. One ea.sed into the tube feet over one side, butt wedging into the
donut hole part of the tube. Arms resting on the sides and feet dangling
over the other side. It was comfortable really. You could steer around
any object like submerged rocks or fallen trees by paddling with your
hands or if the current was too strong by pushing off with your feet.
You could just bang against the obstacles with the .soft tube and bounce
off.
For the parents it must not have been too bad. At least they knew
that their sons were somewhere in general along an 8 mile line and
other than drowning, having your skull cracked by a boulder, or being
bitten by a water moccasin not too much bad could happen. The
constellation of potential dangers, troubles, accidents, and catastrophes
that normally surrounded the .Snow boys was far more vast and
threatening. The float trip probably represented a kind of respite from
parenting for the adults. Just as it promised a respite from being parentcd
to us.
My cousins Snow were a pretty tough lot. Harol and Jay were the
quiet ones (His name, Harol, rhymes with Carol, his twin sister. Harol
and Carol get it 'i Harol liked the solitude of hunting and each year
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would make sure every member of the family had a deer license and a
deer to go with it. One fall when he was about 14 Harol canvassed all
the family members. "Got a deer yet'?" When the answer came back
no , Harol took the license and said, "I got ya covered." He took up 8
licenses and two days later we saw him drive up with 9 deer in the back
of his dads truck. It wasn't at all unusual in rural Oklahoma for a 14
year old boy to be driving his dad's pick up. But I wonder if the game
ranger w'ould really have been that impressed by the multiple licenses.
Still nine deer in 48 hours is pretty stout work.
Jay was more the restless and sensitive adventurer. He loved to
please his mama. So after high school he went to college-then to nursing
school. Then, after that didn't "pan out" so to speak, he joined the army.
Back home again he became a preacher. Finally, he ended up walking
across America and sending poems and stories to the local paper back
home. Jay got his wish though becau.se through all of this his mama
was just as pleased and proud of every endeavor as any one could be.
So that tells you a little more about Jay and maybe a lot more about his
mom.
Lloyd was felt to be the intellectual of the group, though he was
also a 135 pound All Conference linebacker for Shidler High School.
The year before he had made 1 7 tackles in the Conference Championship
game knocking Oilton's star running back, Randall Ball, out of the game
with a hard tackle in the first quarter. Shidler upset Oilton. After the
game Lloyd told his coach. "I think Randall broke my neck." Ofcour.se,
his neck was ok, but he had played the last 3 quarters and 14 tackles
with a broken collar bone. So you can see that the term "highly
intelligent" is a relative term in the Snow household.
At first I felt a stranger to most of the "family". I had grown up in
California. My parents had recently separated and this was pretty much
the first I knew of these Ozark kinfolk. I had spent almost all my youth
in a small California railroad town at the foot of the San Bernadino
Mountains and thought of myself as some sort of dry land desert rat/
surfer boy more sophisticated than the.se kind-hearted hillbillies from
my mom's side of the family. As it turned out, 1 learned my new Aunt
Colleen was a math whiz and had graduated high school at 15, Uncle
Bob wrote columns for the local papers, and Uncle Bill was a Bible
scholar capable of translating passages from the original Greek and
Aramaic. All in all a smarter set than we had back home. And despite
my cousins' expectations, California was not populated almost
exclusively with movie stars. In fact, Noel Coward had yet to make his
first visit to Colton.
Everyone was scared of Denton. He had just returned from a tour
in Vietnam. Double Duty Denton-he came by that nickname because of
his belief that if one was good, two was better. He wore two shirts.
Sometimes just a T-shirt and a regular button down dress shirt, but
sometimes two regular shirts. Always two pairs of socks. Normal attire:
jeans over boxers over briefs. In baseball in high .school he wore boxers
tucked in over briefs over a jock/cup. In winter he always wore two
pairs of gloves. Mittens over cotton fingered gloves and he would make
a big show of taking off one mitten to unlatch a gate when were crossing
a field and announcing, "You see, gentlemen, I can take my hands out
of my mittens, unlatch this gate, and they're still as warm as a baby's
ass." Now why a baby should be especially warm in that area I don't
know. Anyway Double Duly Denton was shortened to IY»uhle Dub or
most often just to "Dub". The normal way to get that nickname was to
have a W. in your name. For instance, my friend John William Sanders
was called John William (miy by his mother aiul once a year at the lust
roll call by teachers at school. F!\eryone, aiul I mean everyone, called
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him J. Diih. When he passed the principal in the hall, the principal would
nod "Morning, J. Dub." The preacher at his church, "Good to see ya last
Lord's Day. J. Dub. At little league baseball games the announcer would
announce, "Next up, J. Dub Sanders." If he had died I'm sure at the
funeral the director would have spoken, "We shall all miss J. Dub."
Some years later 1 did see him referred to as "John" Sanders. It was in a
wedding notice in a local paper, "....the groom is Mr. John Sanders"
which shows you which of those two ceremonies is really considered
a more sobering and solemn occasion "not to be entered into lightly" as
they say. God may welcome you into glory as J. Dub. But your in-laws
will still call you John. Well, anyway Denton Dean Snow was called
Dub and without a w in any proximity. And when I asked I got the
Double Duty story you Just read through.
Well, as I said, everyone was scared of Denton and he was older
and meaner and scared of nothing. He was big too. I guess that is how I
remember him: about 6'2 1/2" and a flat bellied 225. Today when I see
him at family gatherings carrying a paper plate of turkey or ribs over to
his wife, Karen, or walking hand in hand with a granddaughter and he's
5' II 1/2", maybe 155 wearing a sky blue "World's #1 Grandpa" hat
over his mostly bald head I can't believe it's the same guy.
The pattern of a float trip is float awhile, carry awhile, float awhile,
carry awhile because there are parts of the river too low to ride in. We
had little portages of a hundred yards or so every mile or two. There
was one memorable portage. The creek was too low to ride and we are
carrying our inner tubes over the rocks or wading through water maybe
a foot deep. Dub is carrying two tubes, one of which he has tied to the
other with a length of white nylon rope. He lets this extra trail behind
him while we float. But occasionally he spreads across both of them
resting his butt back in one and uses the other as a foot rest. At which
time he'll call out, "I bet the rest of you dopes wish you had thought to
bring two tubes. Then you'd be riding in comfort too."
But right now he wasn't gloating; he was having to carry two tubes
and slog through water that was alternately a foot deep, two feet deep,
wet over rocks. He had a tube on each arm with the white rope across
his back, but rope wasn't quite long enough to stretch comfortably around
and he had to keep his arms slightly up and shoulder scrunched to make
it work. He looked a little like that orangutan in the Clint Eastwood
movies. Anyway, we are wading through a pool maybe two feet deep,
enough to cover our knees, with Denton Just up ahead, "Hey, look at
this!" He has spotted a water moccasin lazily swimming across the creek.
We Join him and watch it slowly sidle across Just completely submerged.
In fact a foot under the water, but clearly visible to us. Denton says,
"Watch this" and tosses a small rock at it. The rock hits the water a foot
in front of the snake and sinks down to the bottom passing right in front
of the snake. The water moccasin freezes, clearly startled, then reverses
direction and Jets back towards us ten, twenty , a hundred times faster
than it was swimming to the other side. It Jets back towards us and I
hear a cry "Gaahhh!" and a whooshing of water and turn to see Dub
windmilling through the water, his legs churning, his arms with the two
bulbous inner tubes rotating wildly to shore. He gets close, slips on
.some wet rocks and falls splat on the rocks ( or more sploosh because
has in the last instant rotated both inner tubes forward to break his fall.
The white nylon rope pressing his face into the tubes as into two
enormous black bosoms. Whoomp! the inner tubes hit the rocks
bouncing Dub three feet in the air and flying his head back and free
from one bosom. He does a complete cartwheel 360 roundoff with a
twist and lands with a big splash on his back in the water where he
sinks to the bottom. The two black tubes have been loosened from his
arms or rather his arms have sunk with the rest of him to the bottom of
the creek . The tubes, still tied together by the nylon harness, slowly
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float away. Next to me Harol and Kim are laughing hysterically. I \xadc
over see if he is all right and Dub sputters and gasps his way to the top
of the water like the creature from the Black Lagoon.
Jay commented dryly, "Dub, I've got to give to ya. I don't believe
I've ever seen a living creature move faster in my life." Denton Just
stared at him not having yet sensed the humor of the situation. "Now
some things I have seen move faster. Maybe a car or a Jet plane, a train.
No, I take it back. I've never seen a train move that fast. But a race car
or one of them shiny Jet planes." By now we were all up on the bank
sitting on the rocks and laughing deep lungfuls of laughter, the kind
that start to hurt your stomach muscles you are laughing so hard. "They
might Just edge ya out for pure speed. But as far as any living thing,
you're it. Dub!"
Lonnie had gone over and retrieved Denton's tubes and soon we
were all back on the water. The creek had widened back out to a river (
now what is the difference between a creek and a river? You fish in a
creek, you build casinos on a river!). It had widened out and deepened
to a steady 4-5 feet. We Just sat in our tubes and floated in solitude
occasionally clustering together and chatting about nothing in particular
or Just floating each in our own little boat. Past the rock cliff walls or
scrambles of blackjack oak or an occasional field. In one spot there was
a deeper pool with a rope. We parked our tubes on the bank. We all took
turns swinging. Harol devised a game where he swung out over the
hole and dropped down on to the tube trying to land in a sitting position
and stay upright. Soon we were all trying it with no success. Finally,
Lonnie landed one. Though 1 noticed the tube seemed slightly less
buoyant and thus less able to throw us riders off. Soon we were all
"landing one" and the tube clearly the worse for it. As soon as it seemed
possible to master the game, we all lost interest and were soon back on
the river floating. All save Harol who for a time made a game effort to
"float" on his now deflated tube by winding its circle around his rear
then half floating, half treading water, but finally he gave up the pretense
and started wading alongside the rest of us. Now .some of you might
think his brother's plight would move Dub to pity and he would offer
up his extra tube to aid his brother Harol's travel. Well, dry your eyes on
your ACLU cards. The only notice Denton took was to remark out loud
as he sprawled across his two tubes. "If that dope had thought ahead
he'd be riding in comfort like me." Harol said nothing. But later when
we passed under a low branch of a tree he pointed at the branch Just as
Dub passed under it and shouted, "Snake!" causing Denton's tube to
immediately overturn, flopping him into the water while they continued
downstream. Harol waded over to the branch, broke off a dead twig and
said to no one in particular, "Sorry, my mistake. It was Just a stick."
Then tossing the twig into the water. "Didn't mean for you to get your
pants wet. Dub."
A while later Lloyd who all in all had been pretty quiet. Just relaxing
and enjoying the scenery announced. "Watermelon time . men."
apparently surprising no one but me since everyone else was already
out and scrambling up the steep, muddied hank. The current was fairly
strong here and I had already floated twenty yards past and had to roll
out of my tube and wade back upstream, toss my tube ov er my head up
over the embankment and then climb up after it. Some of you now, like
I then, may never have seen a watermelon field. It was different than I
envisioned. Just row after row of melons looking mostly abandoned
out in this big field. All orderly in rows, but w ith mostly puny little
vines. Not at all as I imagined: with big watermelon hushes and the
succulent melons hidden behind lush leaves. The field looked a little
like an enormous Chinese checkers hoard with all green and brown
striped little peewee marbles neatly arranged. My cousins were alreadx
grabbing melons, just picking them up and clutching them to their chests.
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(.arrving them hack to hack two at a time. ( I will skip the obvious
metaphor ) and heaving them into the water. We must have carried
aKiut 25 melons, no let me do the math: 2x7 two trips means x 2 -2
because 1 carried only one at a time = 26. I think we threw 26 melons
into the river and then grabbing our tubes, dived in after them. The
watermelons were all lloating, mostly submerged, but floating in little
clusters on the surface of the river. Harol and Lonnie took it upon
themselves to be the melon herders, wading ahead, corralling the melons
and pushing them all back tow ards the rest of us. We gathered them and
thrust them in the middle of a circle we had formed of ourselves and
our tubes. Still floating in this loose wagon circle down the river when
one of the melons would attempt to escape the circle, bobbing off
independently to the periphery of the circle, one of my cousins would
roughly push it under the water with his foot back towards the center of
the circle. Soon the melons were all corralled and we began breaking
them open, smashing one against the other till the rinds burst, then tearing
them apart with our hands. 1 watched Kim with a melon neatly broken
in two, the two halves cradled in his lap digging big mouthfuls of melon
out of first one halt, then the other. Most of the melons were not so
daintily consumed. My cousins, as did I, just tore big hunks of rind and
flesh out of the melons, ate the warm red , Juicy flesh, then tossed the
rind behind us into the river or up on the bank. I know this sounds like
a horrible environmental carnage by today's standards, but we thought
nothing of it at the time and still today I like to think that rather than
fouling the water and river banks, perhaps we provided that day a rare
feast for some school of perch or solitary raccoon. But if carnage it is
then carnage it was. We devoured the watermelons entirely, leaving
ourselves covered in a gooey mess of red flesh and black sticky seeds.
We continued our float down the river now satiated, serene and
stuffed. "I'm fatter than a flea on a tick," Jay remarked. No one answered.
We were all too crammed full to risk opening our mouths. We floated
on for another hour watching the sides of the river bank grow steep and
eventually turn to rocky cliffs. We went through some mini rapids and
through one area where big boulders Jutted up out of the water.
Eventually the cliffs disappeared and we saw more fields and even a
few houses and yards. Then we were in sight of the bridge with the
highway running over it. Familiar ground. We had gone over eight
miles from the drop oft point back to the bridge. Before getting too
close Lloyd spoke up. "Hey, everybody get off into the water and wash
up." We all did. 1 was especially careful and had Jay check my back for
any tell tale seeds that might have stuck its slimy self leechlike to my
back. We all checked ourselves for "leeches", climbed back on our tubes
and floated in. I was beyond exhaustion when we climbed out of the
river and up onto the bank. 1 Just found a flat rock and sat down on it,
dangling my feet down the bank. Jay Joined me and soon the others.
Then we saw Vivian and my Aunt Pearline. They must have watched us
come in. How you boys doin'? Well, did you have a good time:"
" Yes, maam."
And then Harol, You should have seen Dub when that water moccasin
t(H)k after him."
"Well, did you go into Minnick's watermelon patch this time?"
"No, momma."
"Are you sure?"
And to this silence for I'm sure all my cousins were .struck dumb
as was I, having noticed, though watching almost as if m slow motion,
as a flotilla, no an armada of watermelon rinds became visible bobbing
along unbelievably in a raft of brown, green, and red as if held together
by fishing line or river goo. I saw little flecks of flotsam clinging to the
outline of the raft and then gradually other hunks and parts of rinds
floating by
"Was the watermelon good?"
" Yes, it was, momma," Jay spoke up, the only one with the courage
to actually say something. And truthfully it had been good. It was the
best watermelon I ever tasted. I have eaten watermelon every week of
every summer for over a quarter of a century since that day and never
tasted anything close to as good and sweet watermelon as that.
"Well, if it was that good, why don't you all go back and get one
for me? Anything that's worth disobeying your mother for I think 1
want a taste of."
"But how do we get back, it's . "1 started to say. The look on
Harol's face shut me up quick.
"Oh, 1 think that road over there," and she pointed at the other side
of the river to a dirt path, "will take you back there". The rest of my
cousins were getting to their feet. I got up too. "Lloyd, Denton Dean,
you're old enough to know better. You get back to camp."
Jay and Lonnie and Harol and Kim were already across the bridge
when I caught up to them. "Don't say anything and don't look back,"
Harol whispered at me under his breath.
"Bring me back a nice one," his mom called after us.
It took most of an hour to walk the two miles back to Mr. Minnick's.
The path could hardly be called a road though there were two ruts in it.
It was all overgrown in places with branches from sticker bushes and
fresh weeds.
Finally, we arrived at Minnick's and he was there waiting for us.
"How you boys doing? Ya'll look like you been out on the river. {....And
we must have been a sight.)
"We came to get a watermelon for Mrs. Snow," I offered helpfully.
"Well, go right ahead and pick her out one," Mr Minnick said. He
seemed like an awful nice man. 1 felt a pang of shame that we had
stolen his melons.
"Pick her out a real good one. They're not all ripe yet." 1 trotted
over and picked one out quickly, anything to have it done. I walked it
back to Minnick. "Let me see that," he said. He hefted it in his hand,
lifted it up and sniffed it, then he thumped it twice with his index finger,
thunk, thunk. "Oh, no, that won't do, " he said. "Why don't you put that
here." nodding to the bed of an old once light blue, now muddy gray
and rust pick up. "And go pick her out another one." Soon all my cousins
and I were trudging back and forth with melons for Mr. Minnick to
examine. None of them proved to be quite good enough and it took
nearly two hours to find Just the right one. By then we had completely
filled the back of the pickup with freshly picked watermelons. 1 heard
Mr. Minnick say, "This one ought to do." as I laid two more on the pile.
1 turned around to hear Mr. Minnick say, "Vivian was pretty clear that
if I wanted to pay you, she would set the wages." With that he went to
each of us and handed us each a coin. To me he whispered, " You take
care of this. It's I0(J years old today." I stuck it in the watch pocket of
my cut offs.
By the time we got back to camp it was dark. But 1 was able to find
a kerosene lamp and I took the coin out to examine it. The head side of
the coin was an Indian in full headdress. Every feather was finely detailed
and the word Liberty boldly stamped on the headband. The tails side
was a wreath of oak leaves. "ONE CENT" stamped in the center. 1 kept
that cent carefully wrapped in Kleenex for years. 1 never asked my
cousins what they had received. But years later I found the same cent
pictured in a coin book with the same date, 1 870, and the same LIBI^R IA'
on the headband and the same 4 diamonds running dow n the neck ribbon.
And I learned that Mr. Minnick had paid me a very generous wage
indeed for a couple hours picking watermelons.
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